Open Shortest Path First for IPv6

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Template:TOC-right A standard IP routing protocol, Open Shortest Path First, has been issued in a major new version, which can handle both Internet Protocol version 4 and Internet Protocol version 6. Familiarity with basic Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) and link state routing terminology is assumed in this article.

  Addressing semantics have
  been removed from OSPF packets and the basic Link State
  Advertisements (LSAs).  New LSAs have been created to carry IPv6
  addresses and prefixes.  OSPF now runs on a per-link basis rather
  than on a per-IP-subnet basis.  Flooding scope for LSAs has been
  generalized.  Authentication has been removed from the OSPF protocol
  and instead relies on IPv6's Authentication Header and Encapsulating
  Security Payload (ESP).