[rfc-dist] RFC 5250 on The OSPF Opaque LSA Option

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        RFC 5250

        Title:      The OSPF Opaque LSA Option 
        Author:     L. Berger, I. Bryskin,
                    A. Zinin, R. Coltun
        Status:     Standards Track
        Date:       July 2008
        Mailbox:    lberger at labn.net, 
                    ibryskin at advaoptical.com, 
                    alex.zinin at alcatel-lucent.com
        Pages:      17
        Characters: 37657
        Obsoletes:  RFC2370

        I-D Tag:    draft-ietf-ospf-rfc2370bis-05.txt

        URL:        http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5250.txt

This document defines enhancements to the OSPF protocol to support a new
class of link state advertisements (LSAs) called Opaque LSAs.  Opaque
LSAs provide a generalized mechanism to allow for the future
extensibility of OSPF.  Opaque LSAs consist of a standard LSA header
followed by application-specific information.  The information field
may be used directly by OSPF or by other applications.  Standard OSPF
link-state database flooding mechanisms are used to distribute Opaque
LSAs to all or some limited portion of the OSPF topology.

This document replaces RFC 2370 and adds to it a mechanism to
enable an OSPF router to validate Autonomous System (AS)-scope Opaque
LSAs originated outside of the router's OSPF area.  [STANDARDS TRACK]

This document is a product of the Open Shortest Path First IGP Working Group of the IETF.

This is now a Proposed Standard Protocol.

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