Tutorial Abstract: OSPF Goodies for ISPs

Howard Berkowitz, Gett Communications


After an introductory overview of the OSPF interior routing protocol, Berkowitz presents some interesting case studies of useful but non-obvious things one can do with OSPF, if one is willing to think "outside the box." The tutorial concentrates on determining requirements and network design, rather than detailed configuration, emphasizing ways that a high-powered OSPF domain can be a viable alternative to BGP for many customer and internal ISP applications. Also includes information about network deployment and practical address management with OSPF.

About the Presenter
Howard Berkowitz is Chief Technology Officer for Gett Communications, where he designs high-availability enterprise networks and Internet connectivity, and is developing a simulated exchange point for training. A regular contributor to NANOG tutorials, he is a certified Cisco instructor and author of several RFCs and I-Ds in addressing, multihoming, routing, and VPNs. Berkowitz is part of the ISP training team for INET 2000 and has published two books: Designing Addressing Architectures for Routing and Switching and Designing Routing and Switching Architectures for Enterprise Networks.

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