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RIP Version 2 Protocol Applicability Statement
Alternative Format: Original Text Document
Network Working Group G. Malkin
Request for Comments: 1722 Xylogics, Inc.
Category: Standards Track November 1994
RIP Version 2 Protocol Applicability Statement
Status of this Memo
This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the
Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet
Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state
and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.
Abstract
As required by Routing Protocol Criteria (RFC 1264), this report
defines the applicability of the RIP-2 protocol within the Internet.
This report is a prerequisite to advancing RIP-2 on the standards
track.
1. Protocol Documents
The RIP-2 protocol analysis is documented in RFC 1721 [1].
The RIP-2 protocol description is defined in RFC 1723 [2]. This memo
obsoletes RFC 1388, which specifies an update to the "Routing
Information Protocol" RFC 1058 (STD 34).
The RIP-2 MIB description is defined in RFC 1724 [3]. This memo will
obsolete RFC 1389.
2. Introduction
This report describes how RIP-2 may be useful within the Internet.
In essence, the environments in which RIP-2 is the IGP of choice is a
superset of the environments in which RIP-1, as defined in RFC 1058
[1], has traditionally been used. It is important to remember that
RIP-2 is an extension to RIP-1; RIP-2 is not a new protocol. Thus,
the operational aspects of distance-vector routing protocols, and
RIP-1 in particular, within an autonomous system are well understood.
It should be noted that RIP-2 is not intended to be a substitute for
OSPF in large autonomous systems; the restrictions on AS diameter and
complexity which applied to RIP-1 also apply to RIP-2. Rather, RIP-2
allows the smaller, simpler, distance-vector protocol to be used in
environments which require authentication or the use of variable
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