Routing Theory

required reading:

RFCs

• RFC 2453 - RIP Version 2 - Section 3.1 through Section 3.5
• RFC 2328 - OSPF Version 2 - Section 1.2 and Section 1.3
• RFC 2439 - BGP Route Flap Damping - Section 1 through Section 4.3
• RFC 1787 - Routing in a Multi-provider Internet
• RFC 1923 - RIPv1 Applicability Statement for Historic Status
• RFC 2791 - Scalable Routing Design Principles
• RFC 4984 - Report from the IAB Workshop on Routing and Addressing

Other Documents

• Verizon Business Peering Policy
• How Secure are Secure Interdomain Routing Protocols? - Goldberg et al, abstract & Introduction

optional reading:

RFCs that may be of interest

• RFC 1102 - Policy routing in Internet protocols
• RFC 2386 - A Framework for QoS-based Routing in the Internet
• RFC 2385 - Protection of BGP Sessions via the TCP MD5 Signature Option
• RFC 2332 - NBMA Next Hop Resolution Protocol (NHRP)

Other documents that may be of interest

• Computer Networks, Third Edition, Tanenbaum, A., Prentice Hall, ISBN 0-13-349945-6
• Routing in the Internet, Huitema, C., Prentice Hall, ISBN 0-13-132192-7
• OSPF: Anatomy of an Internet Routing Protocol, Moy, J., Addison-Wesley, ISBN 0-201-63472-4
• ISP Survival Guide: Strategies for Running a Competitive ISP, G. Houston, Wiley, ISBN 0-471-31499-4