RFC 3101 · PROPOSED STANDARD · 2003

The OSPF Not-So-Stubby Area Option

Overview

RFC 3101, “The OSPF Not-So-Stubby Area Option”, is a Proposed Standard document published in January 2003 by P. Murphy. It obsoletes RFC 1587. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This memo documents an optional type of Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) area that is somewhat humorously referred to as a "not-so-stubby" area (or NSSA). NSSAs are similar to the existing OSPF stub area configuration option but have the additional capability of importing AS external routes in a limited fashion. The OSPF NSSA Option was originally defined in RFC 1587. The functional differences between this memo and RFC 1587 are explained in Appendix F. All differences, while expanding capability, are backward-compatible in nature. Implementations of this memo and of RFC 1587 will interoperate. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

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What “Proposed Standard” means

An entry-level standards-track specification: stable, peer-reviewed and a solid basis for implementation, though it may still evolve before becoming an Internet Standard.

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Relationships to other RFCs
This RFC obsoletes
RFC 1587
Other RFCs from 2003

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