RFC - 2370
The OSPF Opaque LSA Option
| Original: | ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2370.txt |
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| Authors: | R. Coltun [FORE Systems] |
| Date: | July 1998 |
| Category: | Proposed Standard |
| Updated by: | |
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| RFC-3630prop | Traffic Engineering (TE) Extensions to OSPF Version 2 (Updated by RFC-4203prop) |
| Referred by: | 15 RFC |
| Refers to: | 7 RFC |
Status
This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.
Copyright Notice
Copyright (C) The Internet Society (1998). All Rights Reserved.
Abstract
This memo defines enhancements to the OSPF protocol to support a new class of link-state advertisements (LSA) called Opaque LSAs. Opaque LSAs provide a generalized mechanism to allow for the future extensibility of OSPF. Opaque LSAs consist of a standard LSA header followed by application-specific information. The information field
may be used directly by OSPF or by other applications. Standard OSPF link-state database flooding mechanisms are used to distribute Opaque LSAs to all or some limited portion of the OSPF topology.
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