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RFC 5838: Support of Address Families in OSPFv3

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This document describes a mechanism for supporting multiple address families (AFs) in OSPFv3 using multiple instances. It maps an AF to an OSPFv3 instance using the Instance ID field in the OSPFv3 packet header. This approach is fairly simple and minimizes extensions to OSPFv3 for supporting multiple AFs. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

Document record

Document ID
RFC5838
Published
April 2010
Authors
A. Lindem; S. Mirtorabi; A. Roy; M. Barnes; R. Aggarwal
Status
PROPOSED STANDARD
Stream
IETF
Area
rtg
Pages
13
Also known as
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Updated by:
RFC 6969, RFC 7949, RFC 8362, RFC 9454

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