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	Title		: OSPF Floodgates
	Author(s)	: P. Murphy
	Filename	: draft-ietf-ospf-floodgates-00.txt
	Pages		: 22
	Date		: 20-Dec-00
	
This memo describes an option to the OSPF Version 2 specification
which allows the partial suppression of flooding between neighboring
routers. This suppression acts much like a floodgate, opening and
closing automatically when triggered by the proper conditions. Two
types of flooding suppression are described, 1-Way and 2-Way. The
option applies to standard areas, stub areas, and NSSAs. It works
over any OSPF interface. Routers with this option configured are
backward compatible with routers running an OSPFv2 compliant
implementation as defined in RFC 2328, and can be restricted to a
subset of the OSPF routing domain. This option is applied only
between neighboring OSPF routers.

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