Re: I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-ospf-ospfv3-update-08.txt

[Acee Lindem <[e-mail]>]

I feel this version of the RFC 2740 respin is pretty much ready for WG 
last call.
Please take a look as soon as possible. My intent is to start the WG last
call soon after IETF 65 in Dallas.

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>A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts directories.
>This draft is a work item of the Open Shortest Path First IGP Working Group of the IETF.
>
>	Title		: OSPF for IPv6
>	Author(s)	: D. Ferguson, et al.
>	Filename	: draft-ietf-ospf-ospfv3-update-08.txt
>	Pages		: 98
>	Date		: 2006-3-2
>	
>This document describes the modifications to OSPF to support version
>6 of the Internet Protocol (IPv6).  The fundamental mechanisms of
>OSPF (flooding, DR election, area support, SPF calculations, etc.)
>remain unchanged.  However, some changes have been necessary, either
>due to changes in protocol semantics between IPv4 and IPv6, or simply
>to handle the increased address size of IPv6.
>
>Changes between OSPF for IPv4 and this document include the
>following.  Addressing semantics have been removed from OSPF packets
>and the basic LSAs.  New LSAs have been created to carry IPv6
>addresses and prefixes.  OSPF now runs on a per-link basis rather
>than on a per-IP-subnet basis.  Flooding scope for LSAs has been
>generalized.  Authentication has been removed from the OSPF protocol
>and instead relies on IPv6's Authentication Header and Encapsulating
>Security Payload.
>
>Even with larger IPv6 packet, most packets in OSPF for IPv6 are
>almost as compact as those in OSPF for IPv4.  Most fields and packet-
>size limitations present in OSPF for IPv4 have been relaxed.  In
>addition, option handling has been made more flexible.
>
>All of OSPF for IPv4's optional capabilities, including demand
>circuit support, NSSA areas, and the multicast extensions to OSPF
>(MOSPF) are also supported in OSPF for IPv6.
>
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