Open Shortest Path First IGP (ospf) Charter


NOTE: This charter is accurate as of the 37th IETF Meeting in San Jose. It may now be out-of-date. (Consider this a "snapshot" of the working group from that meeting.) Up-to-date charters for all active working groups can be found elsewhere in this Web server.

Chair(s)

Routing Area Director(s):

Mailing List Information

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.
Done
Develop multiple implementations, and test against each other.
Done
Obtain performance data for the protocol.
Done
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.
Jun 96
Document current usage, update OSPFv2 and submit to IESG for consideration as a Standard.
Jun 96
Complete OSPF for IPv6 specification and submit to IESG for consideration as a Proposed Standard.
Dec 96
Submit Internet-Draft on ISPF extensions of IPv6 to IESG for consideration as a Proposed Standard.
Dec 96
Develop OSPF for IPv6 MIB and submit to IESG for consideration as a Proposed Standard.
Jun 97
Update OSPF for IPv6 based on implementation experience, and submit to IESG for consideration as a Draft Standard.
Jun 98
Submit OSPF for IPv6 to IESG for consideration as a Standard.

Current Internet-Drafts

Request for Comments