RFC 2362: Protocol Independent Multicast-Sparse Mode (PIM-SM): Protocol Specification
This RFC has been replaced. Do not implement against it for new work — it was formally obsoleted by RFC 4601, RFC 5059.
Current document in this lineage: RFC 5059 — Bootstrap Router (BSR) Mechanism for Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM); RFC 7761 — Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM): Protocol Specification (Revised)
In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC
This document describes a protocol for efficiently routing to multicast groups that may span wide-area (and inter-domain) internets. This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Discussion and suggestions for improvement are requested.
Document record
- Document ID
- RFC2362
- Published
- June 1998
- Authors
- D. Estrin; D. Farinacci; A. Helmy; D. Thaler; S. Deering; M. Handley; V. Jacobson; C. Liu; P. Sharma; L. Wei
- Status
- EXPERIMENTAL
- Stream
- IETF
- Area
- rtg
- Pages
- 66
- Also known as
- —
- Obsoletes:
- RFC 2117
Topics
Standards lineage
This document is one revision in a chain of 5 RFCs, each formally replacing the one before it.
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2 later RFCs formally update or obsolete part of this document.
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