RFC 1504 (rfc1504) - Page 2 of 82
Appletalk Update-Based Routing Protocol: Enhanced Appletalk Routing
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RFC 1504 Appletalk Update-Based Routing Protocol August 1993 key wide area routing enhancements that AURP provides to the AppleTalk routing protocols. Chapter 2, "Wide Area AppleTalk Connectivity," provides information about AppleTalk tunneling through IP internets and over point-to-point links. Chapter 3, "Propagating Routing Information With the AppleTalk Update-Based Routing Protocol," describes the essential elements of AURP, including the architectural model for update-based routing. This chapter provides detailed information about the methods that AURP uses to propagate routing information between internet routers connected through tunnels. Chapter 4, "Representing Wide Area Network Information," describes optional features of AURP-some of which can also be implemented on routers that use RTMP rather than AURP for routing-information propagation. It gives detailed information about how an exterior router represents imported network information to its local internet and to other exterior routers. It describes network hiding, device hiding, network-number remapping, clustering, loop detection, hop-count reduction, hop-count weighting, and backup paths. The Appendix, "Implementation Details," provides information about implementing AURP. What You Need to Know This document is intended for developers of AppleTalk wide area routing products. It assumes familiarity with the AppleTalk network system, internet routing, and wide area networking terms and concepts. Format of This RFC Document The text of this document has been quickly prepared for RFC format. However, the art is more complex and is not yet ready in this format. We plan to incorporate the art in the future. Consult the official APDA document, as indicated below, for the actual art. For More Information The following manuals and books from Apple Computer provide additional information about AppleTalk networks. You can obtain books published by Addison-Wesley at your local bookstore. Contact APDA, Apple's source for developer tools, to obtain technical reference materials for developers: Oppenheimer
