Open Shortest-Path First Interior Gateway Protocol

(OSPF) A {link state routing

protocol}, as opposed to a {distance vector routing protocol}.

It is one of the {Internet} standard {Interior Gateway

Protocols} defined in {RFC 1247}.

See also {Information Protocol}.

{OSPF Design Guide

(http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/104/1.html)}.

[Is there an OSPF EGP?]

(1997-03-01)