| 793 | Transmission Control ProtocolJ. Postel · obsoleted by RFC 9293 | Internet Standard | September 1981 |
| 1105 | Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)K. Lougheed, Y. Rekhter · obsoleted by RFC 1163 | Experimental | June 1989 |
| 1163 | Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)K. Lougheed, Y. Rekhter · obsoleted by RFC 1267 | Historic | June 1990 |
| 1264 | Internet Engineering Task Force Internet Routing Protocol Standardization CriteriaR.M. Hinden · obsoleted by RFC 4794 | Historic | October 1991 |
| 1267 | Border Gateway Protocol 3 (BGP-3)K. Lougheed, Y. Rekhter | Historic | October 1991 |
| 1269 | Definitions of Managed Objects for the Border Gateway Protocol: Version 3S. Willis, J.W. Burruss · obsoleted by RFC 4273 | Proposed Standard | October 1991 |
| 1656 | BGP-4 Protocol Document Roadmap and Implementation ExperienceP. Traina · obsoleted by RFC 1773 | Informational | July 1994 |
| 1657 | Definitions of Managed Objects for the Fourth Version of the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP-4) using SMIv2S. Willis, J. Burruss, J. Chu, Ed. · obsoleted by RFC 4273 | Draft Standard | July 1994 |
| 1771 | A Border Gateway Protocol 4 (BGP-4)Y. Rekhter, T. Li · obsoleted by RFC 4271 | Draft Standard | March 1995 |
| 1773 | Experience with the BGP-4 protocolP. Traina | Informational | March 1995 |
| 1965 | Autonomous System Confederations for BGPP. Traina · obsoleted by RFC 3065 | Experimental | June 1996 |
| 1966 | BGP Route Reflection An alternative to full mesh IBGPT. Bates, R. Chandra · obsoleted by RFC 4456 | Experimental | June 1996 |
| 2385 | Protection of BGP Sessions via the TCP MD5 Signature OptionA. Heffernan · obsoleted by RFC 5925 | Proposed Standard | August 1998 |
| 2439 | BGP Route Flap DampingC. Villamizar, R. Chandra, R. Govindan | Proposed Standard | November 1998 |
| 2622 | Routing Policy Specification Language (RPSL)C. Alaettinoglu, C. Villamizar, E. Gerich, D. Kessens, D. Meyer, T. Bates, D. Karrenberg, M. Terpstra | Proposed Standard | June 1999 |
| 2796 | BGP Route Reflection - An Alternative to Full Mesh IBGPT. Bates, R. Chandra, E. Chen · obsoleted by RFC 4456 | Proposed Standard | April 2000 |
| 3065 | Autonomous System Confederations for BGPP. Traina, D. McPherson, J. Scudder · obsoleted by RFC 5065 | Proposed Standard | February 2001 |
| 4271 | A Border Gateway Protocol 4 (BGP-4)Y. Rekhter, Ed., T. Li, Ed., S. Hares, Ed. | Draft Standard | January 2006 |
| 4274 | BGP-4 Protocol AnalysisD. Meyer, K. Patel | Informational | January 2006 |
| 4276 | BGP-4 Implementation ReportS. Hares, A. Retana | Informational | January 2006 |