Protocol Action: Triggered Extensions to RIP to Support Demand Circuits to Proposed Standard

The IESG <iesg-secretary@CNRI.Reston.VA.US> Fri, 11 October 1996 13:55 UTC

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Subject: Protocol Action: Triggered Extensions to RIP to Support Demand Circuits to Proposed Standard
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 1996 09:23:59 -0400
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  The IESG has approved the Internet-Draft "Triggered Extensions to RIP
  to Support Demand Circuits" <draft-ietf-rip-trigger-rip-02.txt> as a
  Proposed Standard.

  The IESG also approved publication of the Internet-Draft "Protocol
  Analysis for Triggered RIP" <draft-ietf-rip-trigger-analysis-02.txt>
  as an Informational RFC.


  These documents are the product of the Routing Information Protocol
  Working Group. The IESG contact person is Joel Halpern.


Technical Summary

 This protocol provides an additional mechanism for operating RIP over
 demand circuits.  It provides for bringing down the circuit without
 intrinsically losing the reachability information. It is an
 alternative to the current proposed standard for Extensions to RIP to
 Support Demand Circuits (RFC 1582). It has several significant
 improvements relative to that RFC. There is no conflict with RFC 1582
 as this protocol uses a different mechanism to identify its
 operation.

Working Group Summary

  There was strong support in the working group for this specification.

Protocol Quality

 This protocol has been reviewed by the Routing Area Director, Joel M.
 Halpern. It appears to be a sound extension to RIP.  There are
 multiple independent implementations (Xyplex, DEC, and Meridian TC
 were reported by the WG Chair).

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