Open Shortest-Path First Interior Gateway Protocol
(OSPF) A {link state routing protocol} that is one of the {Internet} standard {Interior Gateway Protocols} defined in {RFC 1247}.There is no OSPF EGP, OSPF is an IGP only.[Relationship to Internet Protocol packet routing?]{OSPF Design Guide (http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/104/1.html)}.(2002-06-29)