metasystema.org
CurrentPROPOSED STANDARDIETF stream

RFC 8362: OSPFv3 Link State Advertisement (LSA) Extensibility

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

OSPFv3 requires functional extension beyond what can readily be done with the fixed-format Link State Advertisement (LSA) as described in RFC 5340. Without LSA extension, attributes associated with OSPFv3 links and advertised IPv6 prefixes must be advertised in separate LSAs and correlated to the fixed-format LSAs. This document extends the LSA format by encoding the existing OSPFv3 LSA information in Type-Length-Value (TLV) tuples and allowing advertisement of additional information with additional TLVs. Backward-compatibility mechanisms are also described. This document updates RFC 5340, "OSPF for IPv6", and RFC 5838, "Support of Address Families in OSPFv3", by providing TLV-based encodings for the base OSPFv3 unicast support and OSPFv3 address family support.

Document record

Document ID
RFC8362
Published
April 2018
Authors
A. Lindem; A. Roy; D. Goethals; V. Reddy Vallem; F. Baker
Status
PROPOSED STANDARD
Stream
IETF
Area
rtg
Pages
33
Also known as
—
Updates:
RFC 5340, RFC 5838

Related documents

Ranked automatically by shared keywords, IETF area and stream — not by editorial selection.

Also filed under

About this page

The document record above — title, authors, date, status, stream, area, relationships, DOI and errata — is imported verbatim from the public RFC Editor index. The “in plain English” section is editorial: written by The metasystema editorial team, not part of the RFC. Where the two differ, the RFC text governs.

Last checked against the RFC Editor index on . RFCs are never revised after publication; changes are issued as new documents.

Data sources · Editorial policy · Report a correction · What is an RFC?

canonical URL: /rfc/8362-ospfv3-link-state-advertisement-lsa-extensibility