Distributed flooding technique

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a set of instructions, the set of instructions comprising:

• one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a network device, cause the network device to:
• receive a link state message;
• determine, based on the link state message, whether the network device is to send a copy of the link state message to at least one one-hop neighbor network device of the network device;
• and
• selectively send, or refrain from sending, by the network device and based on determining whether the network device is to send the copy of the link state message to the at least one one-hop neighbor network device of the network device, the link state message to the at least one one-hop neighbor network device of the network device.

A network device, comprising:

• one or more memories;
• and
• one or more processors to:
• receive, from a transmission network device, a link state message associated with an origination network device;
• and
• send, based on determining whether the network device is to send a copy of the link state message to at least one one-hop neighbor network device of the network device, the link state message to the at least one one-hop neighbor network device of the network device.