Message OSPFPacket

File: Network/OSPFv2/OSPFPacket.msg

Represents an OSPF packet header

Inheritance diagram:

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Known subclasses:

OSPFHelloPacket

Represents an OSPF Hello packet
OSPFDatabaseDescriptionPacket

Represents an OSPF Database Description packet
OSPFLinkStateRequestPacket

Represents an OSPF Link State Request packet
OSPFLinkStateUpdatePacket

Represents an OSPF Link State Update packet
OSPFLinkStateAcknowledgementPacket

Represents an OSPF Link State Acknowledgement packet

Fields:

Name Type Description
version char
type char
packetLength short
routerID IPAddress
areaID IPAddress
checksum short
authenticationType short
authentication char[8]

Source code:

message OSPFPacket
{
    fields:
        char   version = 2;
        char   type enum(OSPFPacketType) = HelloPacket;
        short  packetLength = 0; 

        IPAddress routerID;
        IPAddress areaID;

        short  checksum = 0;
        short  authenticationType = 0;
        char   authentication[8];
};