RFC 7492 · INFORMATIONAL · 2015
SUN · 14 JUN 2026
Analysis of Bidirectional Forwarding Detection Security According to the Keying and Authentication for Routing Protocols Design Guidelines
Overview
RFC 7492, “Analysis of Bidirectional Forwarding Detection Security According to the Keying and Authentication for Routing Protocols Design Guidelines”, is an Informational document published in March 2015 by M. Bhatia, D. Zhang, M. Jethanandani. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This document analyzes the Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) protocol according to the guidelines set forth in Section 4.2 of RFC 6518, "Keying and Authentication for Routing Protocols (KARP) Design Guidelines".
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