RIPv2

• Defined as proposed, draft, and full standard in RFC’s 1388, 1723, and 2453, respectively

• Additional features

• • Weak authentication
  • Stronger authentication: RFC 2082
  • CIDR support
  • Same general packet format but less wasted space
  • Support for interaction with an EGP
  • General route updates are multicast to 224.0.0.9 rather than broadcast

• Still widely used today, despite its limitations