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Despite all of these concerns, RIP is still a good starting point for a routing
protocol in a small network.
5,5
Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) is a link state, interior gateway protocol
developed by the IETF with a good look over the fence at IS-IS (see Section 5.6).
We are now at version two of OSPF, version one having lasted only two years
from its publication as an RFC to its eclipse by the RFC for OSPFv2. There have
been several republications of the OSPFv2 standard over the years, culminating
in the current ...