RFC 6987 · INFORMATIONAL · 2013

OSPF Stub Router Advertisement

Overview

RFC 6987, “OSPF Stub Router Advertisement”, is an Informational document published in September 2013 by A. Retana, L. Nguyen, A. Zinin, R. White, D. McPherson. It obsoletes RFC 3137. It has since been updated by RFC 8770. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This document describes a backward-compatible technique that may be used by OSPF (Open Shortest Path First) implementations to advertise a router's unavailability to forward transit traffic or to lower the preference level for the paths through such a router.

This document obsoletes RFC 3137.

Abstract as published in the RFC, via rfc-editor.org.

What “Informational” means

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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Relationships to other RFCs
This RFC obsoletes
RFC 3137
Updated by
RFC 8770
Other RFCs from 2013

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