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Padding for OSPF packets in the OSPF implementations

"Singh, Gurpreet" <Gurpreet.Singh@SPIRENTCOM.COM> Wed, 09 October 2002 22:00 UTC

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From: "Singh, Gurpreet" <Gurpreet.Singh@SPIRENTCOM.COM>
Subject: Padding for OSPF packets in the OSPF implementations
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Hi

OSPF spec RFC 2328 does not allow any padding field for extra bytes for the
OSPF pakcets.

Consider the following situation.


 <<...OLE_Obj...>>
The IP packet length in the IP header covers the Junk bytes. But the OSPF
header does not.

If such a OSPF packet is received should the implementations accept this
packet as a valid packet or ignore it ?

I know this is a implementation specific question but what would be the
correct implementation according to the protocol specification.

Thanks

Gurpreet

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