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INFORMATIONAL

Authors:

N. Shen, Ed.
A. Zinin, Ed.

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IETF

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isis (rtg)

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DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC5309

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Abstract

The two predominant circuit types used by link state routingprotocols are point-to-point and broadcast. It is important toidentify the correct circuit type when forming adjacencies,flooding link state database packets, and representing the circuittopologically. This document describes a simple mechanism to treatthe broadcast network as a point-to-point connection from thestandpoint of IP routing. This memo provides information for the Internet community.

For the definition ofStatus,seeRFC 2026.

For the definition ofStream, seeRFC 8729.