RFC 7883 · PROPOSED STANDARD · 2016
SUN · 14 JUN 2026
Advertising Seamless Bidirectional Forwarding Detection Discriminators in IS-IS
Overview
RFC 7883, “Advertising Seamless Bidirectional Forwarding Detection Discriminators in IS-IS”, is a Proposed Standard document published in July 2016 by L. Ginsberg, N. Akiya, M. Chen. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This document defines a means of advertising one or more Seamless Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (S-BFD) Discriminators using the IS-IS Router CAPABILITY TLV.
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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- RFC 7885 Seamless Bidirectional Forwarding Detection for Virtual Circuit Connectivity Verification
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