Open Shortest Path First IGP (ospf)

Charter

Chair(s):
     Mike Petry, petry@ni.umd.edu
     John Moy, jmoy@proteon.com

Mailing Lists:
     General Discussion:  ospfigp@trantor.umd.edu
     To Subscribe:  ospfigp-request@trantor.umd.edu
     Archive:

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.

TBD        Gather operational experience with the OSPF protocol and
           submit the



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