* Nathan E Norman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > On Wed, Oct 10, 2001 at 11:55:09PM +0200, martin f krafft wrote: > > RIP, HELLO, OSPF, BGP, EGP, SPREAD > > > We're way off topic here. Any decent networking with IP text will > answer these questions.
... > > EGP: also similar, but used between networks (out in the wild open > > internet. > > EGP == Exterior Gateway Protocol ... refers to a family of protocols > (those used to route between autonomous systems), and a specific > member of that family which used to be the Internet's routing protocol > but is now mostly dead. Oh, so it's OK that I couldn't remember much about it... :) ... > If you need more information www.rfc-editor.org has the RFCs for RIP, > EGP, BGP, OSPF, and then of course there is the book > "Interconnections" by Radia Perlman There's also Chris Huitema's _Routing in the Internet_. It covers RIP/OSPF, EGP/BGP/CIDR plus there's a nice overview of future developments like policy routing, QoS, mobile IP etc. -- all that without getting too boring. Dima -- Surely there is a polite way to say FOAD. -- Shmuel Metz "Go forth and multiply". -- Paul Martin
