Link State Routing M. Fox Internet-Draft IBM Updates: 2328 5340 (if approved) A. Lindem Intended status: Standards Track Cisco Systems Expires: 27 August 2022 A. Retana Futurewei Technologies, Inc. 23 February 2022 Update to OSPF Terminology draft-fox-lsr-ospf-terminology-00 Abstract This document updates some OSPF terminology to be in line with inclusive language used in the industry. This document updates RFC2328 and RFC5340. Status of This Memo This Internet-Draft is submitted in full conformance with the provisions of BCP 78 and BCP 79. Internet-Drafts are working documents of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). Note that other groups may also distribute working documents as Internet-Drafts. The list of current Internet- Drafts is at https://datatracker.ietf.org/drafts/current/. Internet-Drafts are draft documents valid for a maximum of six months and may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by other documents at any time. It is inappropriate to use Internet-Drafts as reference material or to cite them other than as "work in progress." This Internet-Draft will expire on 27 August 2022. Copyright Notice Copyright (c) 2022 IETF Trust and the persons identified as the document authors. All rights reserved. Fox, et al. Expires 27 August 2022 [Page 1] Internet-Draft OSPF Terminology February 2022 This document is subject to BCP 78 and the IETF Trust's Legal Provisions Relating to IETF Documents (https://trustee.ietf.org/ license-info) in effect on the date of publication of this document. Please review these documents carefully, as they describe your rights and restrictions with respect to this document. Code Components extracted from this document must include Simplified BSD License text as described in Section 4.e of the Trust Legal Provisions and are provided without warranty as described in the Simplified BSD License. Table of Contents 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2. Update to RFC2328 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3. Update to RFC5340 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4. Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 5. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 6. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1. Introduction This document updates some OSPF terminology to be in line with inclusive language used in the industry. This document updates [RFC2328] and [RFC5340]. 2. Update to RFC2328 The base OSPFv2 specification [RFC2328] defines the synchronization of databases as two routers froming a "master/slave relationship". All instances of these terms are replaced by leader/follower, respectively. The Master (MS) bit in the database description packet is renamed the Leader (L) bit. The operation of OSPFv2 is not modified. 3. Update to RFC5340 The base OSPFv3 specification [RFC5340] defines the database description process between two routers as one being "designated to be the master and the other is the slave". All instances of these terms are replaced by leader/follower, respectively. Fox, et al. Expires 27 August 2022 [Page 2] Internet-Draft OSPF Terminology February 2022 The Master/Slave (MS) bit in the database description packet is renamed the Leader (L) bit. The operation of OSPFv3 is not modified. 4. Acknowledgements TDB 5. IANA Considerations IANA is requested to rename bit 0x01 in the "Database Description (DD) Packet Flags" registry to "Leader (L-bit)" and to add a reference to this document. 6. Security Considerations This document updates the terminology used in OSPFv2 [RFC2328] and OSPFv3 [RFC5340] without any modification to the specification of the protocol. As such, the security characteristics of OSPF do not change. 7. References 7.1. Normative References [RFC2328] Moy, J., "OSPF Version 2", STD 54, RFC 2328, DOI 10.17487/RFC2328, April 1998, . [RFC5340] Coltun, R., Ferguson, D., Moy, J., and A. Lindem, "OSPF for IPv6", RFC 5340, DOI 10.17487/RFC5340, July 2008, . Authors' Addresses Mike Fox IBM 3039 E Cornwallis Rd Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 United States of America Email: mjfox@us.ibm.com Acee Lindem Cisco Systems 301 Midenhall Way Fox, et al. Expires 27 August 2022 [Page 3] Internet-Draft OSPF Terminology February 2022 Cary, NC 27513 United States of America Email: acee@cisco.com Alvaro Retana Futurewei Technologies, Inc. 2330 Central Expressway Santa Clara, CA 95050 United States of America Email: aretana@futurewei.com Fox, et al. Expires 27 August 2022 [Page 4]