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RFC 6987: OSPF Stub Router Advertisement

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This document describes a backward-compatible technique that may be used by OSPF (Open Shortest Path First) implementations to advertise a router's unavailability to forward transit traffic or to lower the preference level for the paths through such a router. This document obsoletes RFC 3137.

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Document ID
RFC6987
Published
September 2013
Authors
A. Retana; L. Nguyen; A. Zinin; R. White; D. McPherson
Status
INFORMATIONAL
Stream
IETF
Area
rtg
Pages
7
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RFC 3137
Updated by:
RFC 8770

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