RFC 8966: The Babel Routing Protocol

Babel is a loop-avoiding, distance-vector routing protocol that is robust and efficient both in ordinary wired networks and in wireless mesh networks. This…

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Outgoing relationships (12 related RFCs)

Obsoletes, Informative reference — RFC 6126: The Babel Routing Protocol
Obsoletes, Informative reference — RFC 7557: Extension Mechanism for the Babel Routing Protocol
Normative reference — RFC 2119: Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels
Normative reference — RFC 8174: Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC 2119 Key Words
Normative reference — RFC 8126: Guidelines for Writing an IANA Considerations Section in RFCs
Normative reference — RFC 793: Transmission Control Protocol
Informative reference — RFC 2328: OSPF Version 2
Informative reference — RFC 2453: RIP Version 2
Informative reference — RFC 5444: Generalized Mobile Ad Hoc Network (MANET) Packet/Message Format
Informative reference — RFC 2675: IPv6 Jumbograms
Informative reference — RFC 3561: Ad hoc On-Demand Distance Vector (AODV) Routing
Informative reference — RFC 7298: Babel Hashed Message Authentication Code (HMAC) Cryptographic Authentication

Incoming relationships (3 related RFCs)

Normatively referenced by — RFC 9079: Source-Specific Routing in the Babel Routing Protocol
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9616: Delay-Based Metric Extension for the Babel Routing Protocol
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9647: A YANG Data Model for Babel