RFC 1992 · INFORMATIONAL · 1996

The Nimrod Routing Architecture

Overview

RFC 1992, “The Nimrod Routing Architecture”, is an Informational document published in August 1996 by I. Castineyra, N. Chiappa, M. Steenstrup. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

Nimrod is a scalable routing architecture designed to accommodate a continually expanding and diversifying internetwork. First suggested by Noel Chiappa, the Nimrod architecture has undergone revision and refinement through the efforts of the Nimrod working group of the IETF. In this document, we present a detailed description of this architecture. This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard.

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Published for the general information of the community. It does not define an IETF standard and carries no standards-track status.

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