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)