Re: Opaque LSA

Acee Lindem <acee@REDBACK.COM> Wed, 22 May 2002 05:54 UTC

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Manav Bhatia wrote:
> Amit,
> Apart from extensive applicability in TE, opaque LSAs are used in other
> places...
>
> Router Capability Exchange:
> draft-galand-an-routing-00.txt

Manav,

I haven't seen this one - can you send me a pointer?

>
> IPv6 in IPv4 AS deployments
> draft-many-ngtrans-connect-ipv6-igp-00.txt
>
> BGP MPLS VPNs/TE
> draft-jamieson-mpls-vpn-00.txt
> draft-abarbanel-idr-bgp4-te-01.txt
>
> If you are just looking for an e.g. for an application of opaque LSA's you
> can have a look at
> the ospf-hitless-restart by John which use opaque LSA's to inform other
> ospf routers of the
> intention to do a hitless-restart (use by OSPF).

Amit,

Note that John's GPL OSPF implementation is available at http://www.ospf.org/

>
> Regards,
> Manav
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Amit Srivastava" <ospfisfun@YAHOO.COM>
> To: <OSPF@DISCUSS.MICROSOFT.COM>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 10:11 AM
> Subject: Opaque LSA
>
>
> |
> |  Hi All,
> |           I would like to know the Applications which use Opaque LSA and
> if there is any good material on net about the
> |           Opaque LSA
> | regards
> | Amit
> |
> |
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Thanks,
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Acee