Technical Summary
Graceful OSPF Restart as specified in RFC 3623 provides a mechanism
whereby an OSPF router can stay on the forwarding path even as its
OSPF software is restarted. This document provides an
implementation report for this extension to the base OSPF protocol.
Working Group Summary
The WG had consensus on the document.
Protocol Quality
Reviewed for the IESG by Alex Zinin.
RFC Editor Note:
Section 8. Security Considerations:
OLD:
This document does not address any security issues other a reference
to the RFC 2328 [OSPF]. Security considerations for the OSPF protocol
are included in RFC2328 [OSPF]. Security considerations for Graceful
OSPF Restart are included in [GRACE].
NEW:
This document does not discuss implementation and interoperability
aspects of the security mechanisms in great detail, as no new security
mechanisms are introduced with Graceful OSPF Restart. Security
considerations for the OSPF protocol are included in RFC2328 [OSPF].
Security considerations for Graceful OSPF Restart are included in [GRACE].