RFC 9079 · PROPOSED STANDARD · 2021

Source-Specific Routing in the Babel Routing Protocol

Overview

RFC 9079, “Source-Specific Routing in the Babel Routing Protocol”, is a Proposed Standard document published in August 2021 by M. Boutier, J. Chroboczek. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

Source-specific routing, also known as Source Address Dependent Routing (SADR), is an extension to traditional next-hop routing where packets are forwarded according to both their destination address and their source address. This document describes an extension for source-specific routing to the Babel routing protocol.

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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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