本文对RIP 协议的基本工作原理、RIP 协议的特点,RIP 协议的不足之处等基本理论作了科学的阐述。在此基础上指出了边界网关协议存在的缺陷,并对可能存在的漏洞攻击 及其防范措施进行了分析。 关键词: RIP 协议,自治系统,RIPv1,RIPv2 Abstract: This paper specifies an Internet standards track protocol RIP, explains RIP route attributes and it`s characteristics. The issue of RIP vulnerability management is also been discussed in this paper. Keyword: RIP, AS, RIPv1,RIPv2