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Open Shortest Path First IGP (OSPF) Charter

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Description of Working Group

The OSPF Working Group will develop and field-test an SPF-based Internal Gateway Protocol. The specification will be published and written in such a way so as to encourage multiple vendor implementations.

Goals and Milestones

Done
Design the routing protocol, and write its specification.
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Develop multiple implementations, and test against each other.
Done
Obtain performance data for the protocol.
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Make changes to the specification (if necessary) and publish the protocol as a Draft Standard RFC.
Done
Gather operational experience with the OSPF protocol and submit the document as an informational RFC.

NOTE: The Internet-Draft(s) listed below may have been deleted since they are only good for six months.

Internet-Drafts