Network Working Group R. Coltun
Request for Comments: 2370 FORE Systems
See Also: 2328 July 1998
Category: Standards Track
The OSPF Opaque LSA Option
Status of this Memo
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.
Table Of Contents
1.0 Abstract ................................................. 1
2.0 Overview ................................................. 2
2.1 Organization Of This Document ............................ 2
2.2 Acknowledgments .......................................... 3
3.0 The Opaque LSA ........................................... 3
3.1 Flooding Opaque LSAs ..................................... 4
3.2 Modifications To The Neighbor State Machine .............. 5
4.0 Protocol Data Structures ................................. 6
4.1 Additions To The OSPF Neighbor Structure ................. 6
5.0 Management Considerations ................................ 7
6.0 Security Considerations .................................. 9
7.0 IANA Considerations ...................................... 10
8.0 References ............................................... 10
9.0 Author's Information ..................................... 11
Appendix A: OSPF Data Formats ................................ 12
A.1 The Options Field ........................................ 12
A.2 The Opaque LSA ........................................... 13
Appendix B: Full Copyright Statment .......................... 15
1.0 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
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