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9 ISIS

ISIS (Intermediate System to Intermediate System) is a routing protocol which is described in ISO10589, RFC1195, RFC5308. ISIS is an IGP (Interior Gateway Protocol). Compared with RIP, ISIS can provide scalable network support and faster convergence times like OSPF. ISIS is widely used in large networks such as ISP (Internet Service Provider) and carrier backbone networks.