RFC 3883

Detecting Inactive Neighbors over OSPF Demand Circuits (DC), October 2004

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Status:
PROPOSED STANDARD
Updates:
RFC 1793
Authors:
S. Rao
A. Zinin
A. Roy
Stream:
IETF
Source:
ospf (rtg)

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DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC3883

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Abstract

OSPF is a link-state intra-domain routing protocol used in IP networks. OSPF behavior over demand circuits (DC) is optimized in RFC 1793 to minimize the amount of overhead traffic. A part of the OSPF demand circuit extensions is the Hello suppression mechanism. This technique allows a demand circuit to go down when no interesting traffic is going through the link. However, it also introduces a problem, where it becomes impossible to detect an OSPF-inactive neighbor over such a link. This memo introduces a new mechanism called "neighbor probing" to address the above problem. [STANDARDS-TRACK]


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For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.




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