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RFC 5642: Dynamic Hostname Exchange Mechanism for OSPF

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This document defines a new OSPF Router Information (RI) TLV that allows OSPF routers to flood their hostname-to-Router-ID mapping information across an OSPF network to provide a simple and dynamic mechanism for routers running OSPF to learn about symbolic hostnames, just like for routers running IS-IS. This mechanism is applicable to both OSPFv2 and OSPFv3. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

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Document ID
RFC5642
Published
August 2009
Authors
S. Venkata; S. Harwani; C. Pignataro; D. McPherson
Status
PROPOSED STANDARD
Stream
IETF
Area
rtg
Pages
8
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