I whakatinana te reira i te hātepe Dijkstra o ara, hoki e mohiotia ana ko te hātepe ara poto tuatahi (SPF) hātepe. Ka rite ki te hātepe ara hononga-tūnga i hāngai ki te hātepe ara hononga-tūnga whakawhanakehia mō te ARPANET i roto i 1980 me te IS-IS hātepe ara. i whakaritea OSPF tuatahi i roto i 1989 rite RFC 1131, e mohiotia nei inaianei rite OSPF putanga 1. i mahi te mahi whanaketanga mō te OSPF ki tona whakakoi rite paerewa tuwhera i roto i te nuinga e te Digital Equipment Corporation, i whakawhanakehia ona ake kawa DECnet. hātepe ara OSPF i taea te whakarite i te utu ara tere rawa ki te ūnga i roto i te whatunga i runga i te whatunga IP. i whakatinana te tuatahi hātepe ara OSPF hāngai i runga i te hātepe ara ara tika, e kore e taea te whakarite i runga i te utu tere tere rite te nui o te hātepe hātepe ara ara i roto i te whatunga (RIP), i runga i te mea i te mea i
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