Routing Information Protocol

This was one of the projects in the course "Special Topics on Computer Networks". The course was given by Dr. Donahoo in the fall semester 1999.

Table of contents

• Introduction.
• The RIP algorithm.
• Distance vectors.
• The Algorithm.
• Split horizon.
• Triggered updates.
• Specifications.
• Message format.
• Addressing considirations.
• Timers.
• Input processing.
• Output processing.
• Unix applications.
• Routed.
• Gated.
• Ripquery.

References

• RFC 1058 - Routing Information Protocol
• RFC 1009 - Requirements for Internet Gateways
• BOOKS: "Internetworking with TCP/IP Vol. I: Principles, Protocols, and Architecture", "TCP/IP Illustrated Vol. 1"