kreyche@ubvax.UB.Com (Tom Kreyche) (02/02/91)
Help please! Can someone point me to sources of information on the OSPF routing algorithm? Is there an RFC? Thanks, Tom Kreyche
young@helix.nih.gov (Jeff Young) (02/02/91)
In article <37647@ubvax.UB.Com>, kreyche@ubvax.UB.Com (Tom Kreyche) writes: |> Help please! Can someone point me to sources of information on |> the OSPF routing algorithm? Is there an RFC? |> |> Thanks, Tom Kreyche try nnsc.nsf.net under the internet drafts directories if you can't find an RFC for it. The file draft-ietf-ospf-ospf2-01.txt should help. I haven't had a chance to look at it yet but it says on page one that version one waws documented in RFC 1131. the draft is dated january 1991. -- jy young@alw.nih.gov
medin@cincsac.arc.nasa.gov (Milo S. Medin) (02/02/91)
In article <37647@ubvax.UB.Com>, kreyche@ubvax.UB.Com (Tom Kreyche) writes: |> Help please! Can someone point me to sources of information on |> the OSPF routing algorithm? Is there an RFC? |> |> Thanks, Tom Kreyche Hi. There is an RFC, 1131, which documented Version 1 of the protocol. Version 2 is what all the vendors have/are implementing. It is currently an IETF draft, and available from the NIC (nic.ddn.mil internet-drafts directory) or the NSF NNSC (nnsc.nsf.net ietf-drafts directory). This spec is only available in postscript due to the graphics required. Version 2 includes some bug fixes and some minor performance enhancements based on the experience of those who deployed V1 in operational networks. Current experience is based on several real world network users, like NASA's NSI (that's what I work on), BARRNET, OARNet, etc...) There are several mail aliases for implementers and users. One is ospf@trantor.umd.edu, and the other for experience and testing is ospf-tests@seka.cso.uiuc.edu. To get added, send mail to the -requests version of the above mail addresses. I don't know if archives are available. There was testing done in Janurary between a number of vendors. The next round of serious implementation testing will be done at 3com in Santa Clara, CA next week. Call Dino Farinucci @ 3com for an invite. Proteon, Wellfleet, 3com, ACC will all be there and be performing tests including some to make sure the implementations behave properly dealing with a number of oddball configurations. Proteon is shipping now, and the rest will be shipping shortly. Thanks, Milo