RFC 9454: Update to OSPF Terminology, Changed Master/Slave to Leader/Follower

Re:RFC 9454: Update to OSPF Terminology, Changed Master/Slav... by mesebrec on Sunday August 20, 2023 @07:06AM (#37198005)

I've never really understood why the internet at large uses BGP instead of more advanced protocols like OSPF.

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Re:RFC 9454: Update to OSPF Terminology, Changed Master/Slav... by mmcallister on Sunday August 20, 2023 @07:10AM (#37198033)

OSPF is an interior routing protocol that transmits link state. Link state based routing algorithms aren't a good fit for interconnected networks

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Re:RFC 9454: Update to OSPF Terminology, Changed Master/Slav... by NoZebra120vClip on Sunday August 20, 2023 @07:08AM (#37198015)

Apples and Oranges: OSPF is an interior gateway protocol for routing within an autonomous system, and it's not designed for exterior routing, which is how eBGP holds the fabric of the Internet together.

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Re:RFC 9454: Update to OSPF Terminology, Changed Master/Slav... by inopinatus on Sunday August 20, 2023 @07:12AM (#37198054)

Every now and then a major ISP accidentally redistributes a million border routes into their IGP with catastrophic results, as a reminder for the rest of us that OSPF et al aren’t designed to handle that many LSAs.

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