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RFC 7557: Extension Mechanism for the Babel Routing Protocol

This RFC has been replaced. Do not implement against it for new work — it was formally obsoleted by RFC 8966.

Current document in this lineage: RFC 8966 — The Babel Routing Protocol

In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC

This document defines the encoding of extensions to the Babel routing protocol, as specified in RFC 6126.

Document record

Document ID
RFC7557
Published
May 2015
Authors
J. Chroboczek
Status
EXPERIMENTAL
Stream
INDEPENDENT
Area
—
Pages
11
Also known as
—
Obsoleted by:
RFC 8966
Updates:
RFC 6126

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Standards lineage

This document is one revision in a chain of 3 RFCs, each formally replacing the one before it.

  1. RFC 6126 (2011)
  2. RFC 7557 (2015)
  3. RFC 8966 (2021) ✓

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