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Autonomous System

nounid 1630·updated May 9, 2026
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One or more routers under a single administration operating the same routing policy.

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Classifications

Entity Type

Network95%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

acronym
AS
plural
Autonomous Systems
possessive
Autonomous System's
pluralpossessive
Autonomous Systems'

Framework definitions

SANS Glossary of Security Terms1 senseview framework →
§1
One network or series of networks that are all under one administrative control. An autonomous system is also sometimes referred to as a routing domain. An autonomous system is assigned a globally unique number, sometimes called an Autonomous System Number (ASN).
NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 21 senseview framework →
§1
One or more routers under a single administration operating the same routing policy.
NIST SP 800-541 senseview framework →
§1
One or more routers under a single administration operating the same routing policy.
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
One or more routers under a single administration operating the same routing policy.
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