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Routing Information Protocol

nounid 3962·updated May 9, 2026
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Routing Information Protocol is a distance vector protocol used for interior gateway routing which uses hop count as the sole metric of a path's cost.

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Classifications

Entity Type

Network95%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

acronym
RIP
plural
Routing Information Protocols
possessive
Routing Information Protocol's
pluralpossessive
Routing Information Protocols'

Framework definitions

SANS Glossary of Security Terms1 senseview framework →
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Routing Information Protocol is a distance vector protocol used for interior gateway routing which uses hop count as the sole metric of a path's cost.

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