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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 5059Bootstrap Router (BSR) Mechanism for Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM); RFC 7761Protocol 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
Obsoleted by:
RFC 4601, RFC 5059

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Standards lineage

This document is one revision in a chain of 5 RFCs, each formally replacing the one before it.

  1. RFC 2117 (1997)
  2. RFC 2362 (1998)
  3. RFC 4601 (2006)
  4. RFC 5059 (2008)
  5. RFC 7761 (2016)

Read the full history of Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM): Protocol Specification (Revised)

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