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Importance of OSPF Security in Link-State Routing Protocols

Calendar Nov 23, 2004 • User Avatar Anthony Pell
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network security security best practices routing OSPF link-state protocol IP protocol network routing
This documentation discusses OSPF (Open Shortest Path First), an open standard IP routing protocol. OSPF is a link-state routing protocol. Link-state routing protocols take the actual state of the network link into account when creating routing table