[Xorp-users] xorp ospf flow chart

[James Courtier-Dutton]

On 25/01/06, riccardo.sciaccaluga@tin.it <riccardo.sciaccaluga@tin.it> wrote:
> Hi
> I am trying to bulid up a sort of xorp ospf procedure flow chart
> but i have a question:
> Once a xorp running pc has received a lsa;and
> once it checked out that the lsa is actually a new one and not a
> duplicate or over maxage limit one.......does it goes on flooding this
> new lsa or first of all it stores the lsa on the lsa database?
> Thanks

In OSPF, one is not allowed to flood an lsa until it has been entered
into the local database.
There are all the rule to decide whether it can be put into th database or not.