File formats:

Status:

PROPOSED STANDARD

Obsoleted by:

RFC 7166

Authors:

M. Bhatia
V. Manral
A. Lindem

Stream:

IETF

Source:

ospf (rtg)

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DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC6506

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Abstract

Currently, OSPF for IPv6 (OSPFv3) uses IPsec as the only mechanism for authenticating protocol packets. This behavior is different from authentication mechanisms present in other routing protocols (OSPFv2, Intermediate System to Intermediate System (IS-IS), RIP, and Routing Information Protocol Next Generation (RIPng)). In some environments, it has been found that IPsec is difficult to configure and maintain and thus cannot be used. This document defines an alternative mechanism to authenticate OSPFv3 protocol packets so that OSPFv3 does not only depend upon IPsec for authentication. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.