Link State Routing M. Fox Internet-Draft IBM Updates: 2328 5340 (if approved) A. Lindem Intended status: Standards Track Cisco Systems Expires: 4 September 2022 A. Retana Futurewei Technologies, Inc. 3 March 2022 Update to OSPF Terminology draft-fox-lsr-ospf-terminology-01 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 4 September 2022. Copyright Notice Copyright (c) 2022 IETF Trust and the persons identified as the document authors. All rights reserved. Fox, et al. Expires 4 September 2022 [Page 1] Internet-Draft OSPF Terminology March 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 Revised BSD License text as described in Section 4.e of the Trust Legal Provisions and are provided without warranty as described in the Revised BSD License. Table of Contents 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2. Update to RFC2328 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3. Update to RFC5340 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4. Other RFCs With References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 5. Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 6. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 7. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 8. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 8.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 8.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 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. The Leader/Follower terminology and Leader (L) Bit definition changes impact the following sections: 7.2 "The Synchronization of Databases", 10 "The Neighbor Data Structures", 10.1 "Neighbor states", 10.2 "Events causing neighbor state changes", 10.6 "Receiving Database Description Packets", 10.8 "Sending Database Description Packets", 10.10 "An Example", and A.3.3 "The Database Description packet". Fox, et al. Expires 4 September 2022 [Page 2] Internet-Draft OSPF Terminology March 2022 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. The Master/Slave (MS) bit in the database description packet is renamed the Leader (L) bit. The operation of OSPFv3 is not modified. The Leader/Follower terminology and Leader (L) Bit definition changes impact section A.3.3 "The Database Description packet". 4. Other RFCs With References The following OSPF RFCs also have references to the legacy terminology. * RFC 4222 - Prioritized Treatment of Specific OSPF Version 2 Packets and Congestion Avoidance (BCP) [RFC4222] * RFC 5243 - OSPF Database Exchange Summary List Optimization (Informational) [RFC5243] * RFC 4811 - OSPF Out-of-Band Link State Database (LSDB) Resynchronization (Experimental) [RFC4811] * RFC 5243 - OSPF Database Exchange Summary List Optimization (Informational) [RFC5243] * RFC 5614 - Mobile Ad Hoc Network (MANET) Extension of OSPF Using Connected Dominating Set (CDS) Flooding (Experimental) [RFC5614] * RFC 5838 - Support of Address Families in OSPFv3 (Standards Track) [RFC5838] Some of these will be updated by this document. The final set is TBD. 5. Acknowledgements TDB Fox, et al. Expires 4 September 2022 [Page 3] Internet-Draft OSPF Terminology March 2022 6. 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. 7. 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. 8. References 8.1. 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, . 8.2. Informative References [RFC4222] Choudhury, G., Ed., "Prioritized Treatment of Specific OSPF Version 2 Packets and Congestion Avoidance", BCP 112, RFC 4222, DOI 10.17487/RFC4222, October 2005, . [RFC4811] Nguyen, L., Roy, A., and A. Zinin, "OSPF Out-of-Band Link State Database (LSDB) Resynchronization", RFC 4811, DOI 10.17487/RFC4811, March 2007, . [RFC5243] Ogier, R., "OSPF Database Exchange Summary List Optimization", RFC 5243, DOI 10.17487/RFC5243, May 2008, . [RFC5614] Ogier, R. and P. Spagnolo, "Mobile Ad Hoc Network (MANET) Extension of OSPF Using Connected Dominating Set (CDS) Flooding", RFC 5614, DOI 10.17487/RFC5614, August 2009, . Fox, et al. Expires 4 September 2022 [Page 4] Internet-Draft OSPF Terminology March 2022 [RFC5838] Lindem, A., Ed., Mirtorabi, S., Roy, A., Barnes, M., and R. Aggarwal, "Support of Address Families in OSPFv3", RFC 5838, DOI 10.17487/RFC5838, April 2010, . 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 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 4 September 2022 [Page 5]