What are the advantages of OSPF?
What are the advantages of OSPF?
The advantages of OSPF include support for packet authentication, which provides a layer of security against unauthorized routing updates. OSPF can load balance traffic among equal-cost routes, which helps in efficient utilization of network resources. Additionally, OSPF supports Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR), allowing for more flexible and efficient allocation of IP addresses. While area partitioning is a feature of OSPF, it is not necessarily an 'advantage' but rather a characteristic or capability of the protocol.
A should also be correct. OSPF does support authentication, but not OSPFv3.
OSPF supports/provides/advantages – Both IPv4 and IPv6 routed protocols. Load balancing with equal-cost routes for the same destination. VLSM and route summarization. Unlimited hop counts. Trigger updates for fast convergence. A loop-free topology using SPF algorithm. Run-on most routers. Classless protocol.