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Open Shortest Path First IGP (ospf)

In addition to the charter maintained by the IETF Secretariat, there is additional information about this working group on the Web at: Additional OSPF Web Page

Description of Working Group

The OSPF Working develops and documents extensions and bug fixes to the
OSPF protocol, as well as documenting OSPF usage scenarios.
The specific protocol work items area listed in the Goals and
Milestones section below. Additional work items will require
rechartering.

Goals and Milestones

Done Develop multiple implementations, and test against each other.
Done Design the routing protocol, and write its specification.
Done Obtain performance data for the protocol.
Done Make changes to the specification (if necessary) and publish the protocol as a Draft Standard RFC.
Done Gather operational experience with the OSPF protocol and submit the document as an Informational RFC.
Done Submit OSPF for IPv6 to IESG for consideration as a Standard.
Done Update the OSPF NSSA option specified in RFC 1587 and submit to IESG for consideration as a Proposed Standard
Done Develop Traffic Engineering extensions for OSPFv2 and submit it to the IESG as a Proposed Standard
Done Submit to IESG a document which updates RFC 1793 allowing detection of demand circuit neighbors whose OSPF process has exited.
Done Submit to IESG a BCP advocating that OSPF LSA refreshes be spread out over time
Done Develop a hitless restart mechanism for OSPF and submit it to the IESG as a Proposed Standard.
Done Document Alternative ABR implementations and submit ti IESG as an Informational RFC
Done Extend the hitless restart mechanism to OSPFv3 and submit it to the IESG as a Proposed Standard
Done Submit to IESG a BCP advocating that OSPF Hellos be given preference over other OSPF control traffic.
Done Update OSPFv2 MIB and submit to IESG as a Standard, replacing RFC 1850
Done Specify IPSEC usage with OSPFv3 and submit to IESG for consideration as a Proposed Standard
Done Extend OSPF Demand Circuits to detect inactive neighbors and submit to IESG for consideration as a Proposed Standard
Done Provide mechanisms to prevent looping in RFC 2547 OSPF networks and submit to IESG for consideration as a Proposed Standard
Done Develop OSPFv2 Multiple Topology Routing (MTR) specification and submit to IESG for consideration as a Proposed Standard
Done Develop OSPF Capabilities Advertisement specification and submit to IESG for consideration as a Proposed Standard
Done Document IANA Considerations for OSPFv2 and OSPFv3 for consideration as a BCP
Mar 2008 Develop OSPF for IPv6 MIB and submit to IESG for consideration as a Proposed Standard
Mar 2008 Reissue RFC 2370 with corrections and clarifications and submit to IESG for consideration as a Proposed Standard
Mar 2008 Reissue RFC 2740 with corrections and clarifications and submit to IESG for consideration as a Proposed Standard
Mar 2008 Develop mechanisms for support of multi-area adjacencies on a single link and submit to IESG for consideration as a Proposed Standard
Mar 2008 Advance Link Local Signaling (LLS) from experimental status and submit to IESG for consideration as a Proposed Standard
Jul 2008 Develop Traffic Engineering extensions for OSPFv3 and submit it to the IESG as a Proposed Standard
Jul 2008 Develop multiple instance OSPFv3 protocol mechanisms to support multiple address families and topologies
Jul 2008 Develop multiple OSPFv3 protocol alternatives to reduce flooding overhead and adjacencies in a MANET environment and submit to the IESG as experimental RFCs
Jul 2008 Develop a OSPFv2 Multiple Topology Routing (MTR) MIB specification and submit to IESG for consideration as a Proposed Standard
Nov 2008 Develop stronger authentication mechanisms for OSPFv2 and submit to IESG as a Proposed Standard
Mar 2009 Develop a single instance OSPFv3 Multiple Topology Routing (MTR) specification and submit to IESG for consideration as a Proposed Standard