Abstract of INFO-MAC archived encoded Mac binary file 'nwt/book/rfc-1765.hqx' Uploaded 05/16/1995 18184 bytes Date: Tue, 16 May 1995 00:39:43 -0500 From: j5rson@halcyon.com (J5rson:='Jeff Iverson';) Subject: RFC 1765 Newton Book A version of RFC 1765 in Newton book format. An abstract of RFC 1765 follows: Proper operation of the OSPF protocol requires that all OSPF routers maintain an identical copy of the OSPF link-state database. However, when the size of the link-state database becomes very large, some routers may be unable to keep the entire database due to resource shortages; we term this "database overflow". When database overflow is anticipated, the routers with limited resources can be accommodated by configuring OSPF stub areas and NSSAs. This memo details a way of gracefully handling unanticipated database overflows.