[Old-standards] Triggered RIP

[James Carlson]

W. Mark Townsley writes:
> RFC1582       Extensions to RIP to Support Demand Circuits
> 
> There seems to be a follow-on version, RFC 2091, though there is no formal
> linkage between the two in the rfc-index:
> 
> 1582 	Extensions to RIP to Support Demand Circuits G. Meyer [ February 1994 ]
> (TXT = 63271 bytes)
> 
> 2091 	Triggered Extensions to RIP to Support Demand Circuits G. Meyer, S. Sherry 
> [ January 1997 ] (TXT = 44835 bytes)
> 
> Should 2091 obsolete 1582? What shall we do with 2091?

They use different packet types, so one could potentially implement
both.  Given the problems with 1582, though, I'd rather see that just
become Historic and 2091 advanced.  I think it'd be nice to have
peer-to-peer negotiation in 2091 rather than configured lists ...

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