@misc{rfc5185, series = {Request for Comments}, number = 5185, howpublished = {RFC 5185}, publisher = {RFC Editor}, doi = {10.17487/RFC5185}, url = {https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5185}, author = {Acee Lindem and Sina Mirtorabi and Peter Psenak and Anand Oswal}, title = {{OSPF Multi-Area Adjacency}}, pagetotal = 11, year = 2008, month = may, abstract = {This document describes an extension to the Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) protocol to allow a single physical link to be shared by multiple areas. This is necessary to allow the link to be considered an intra-area link in multiple areas. This would create an intra- area path in each of the corresponding areas sharing the same link. {[}STANDARDS-TRACK{]}}, }