April 2003
Intermediate to advanced
768 pages
20h
English
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Chapter 8. Managing and Securing OSPF Networks
No poor bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor bastard die for his.
—General S. Patton
The management of your OSPF network is just as important as the security. In fact, a case could be made that proper network management is the most important aspect of having your network operate smoothly. In many cases this a true statement; this is because organizations and users now depend on the network to perform their daily activities. The success of a well-designed and seamlessly implemented OSPF network is lost in the user’s cry of “My network is down and no one is doing anything about it.”
This OSPF network management section of this chapter is comprised of ...