Technical Summary
It is useful for routers in an OSPFv2 or OSPFv3 routing domain to
know the capabilities of their neighbors and other routers in the
routing domain. This draft proposes extensions to OSPFv2 and OSPFv3
for advertising optional router capabilities. A new Router
Information (RI) LSA is proposed for this purpose. In OSPFv2, the RI
LSA will be implemented with a new opaque LSA type ID. In OSPFv3,
the RI LSA will be implemented with a new LSA type function code. In
both protocols, the RI LSA can be advertised at any of the defined
flooding scopes (link, area, or AS).
Working Group Summary
There was WG Consensus to advance this document.
Protocol Quality
Bill Fenner and Rohit Dube (PROTO shepherd) have reviewed this
document.