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RFC 5880
Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD),June 2010
- File formats:
- Status:
- PROPOSED STANDARD
- Updated by:
- RFC 7419,RFC 7880,RFC 8562,RFC 9747
- Authors:
- D. Katz
D. Ward - Stream:
- IETF
- Source:
- bfd (rtg)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC5880
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Abstract
This document describes a protocol intended to detect faults in thebidirectional path between two forwarding engines, includinginterfaces, data link(s), and to the extent possible the forwardingengines themselves, with potentially very low latency. It operatesindependently of media, data protocols, and routing protocols.[STANDARDS-TRACK]
For the definition ofStatus,seeRFC 2026.
For the definition ofStream, seeRFC 8729.