RFC 9825: Extensions to OSPF for Advertising Prefix Administrative Tags
Recent RFCs 2025-07-31
Summary:
It is useful for routers in OSPFv2 and OSPFv3 routing domains to be
able to associate tags with prefixes. Previously, OSPFv2 and OSPFv3
were relegated to a single tag and only for Autonomous System (AS)
External and Not-So-Stubby-Area (NSSA) prefixes. With the flexible
encodings provided by OSPFv2 Prefix/Link Attribute Advertisement and
OSPFv3 Extended Link State Advertisements (LSAs), multiple
administrative tags may be advertised for all types of prefixes.
These administrative tags can be used for many applications including
route redistribution policy, selective prefix prioritization,
selective IP Fast Reroute (IPFRR) prefix protection, and many others.