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RFC 5059: Bootstrap Router (BSR) Mechanism for Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM)

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This document specifies the Bootstrap Router (BSR) mechanism for the class of multicast routing protocols in the PIM (Protocol Independent Multicast) family that use the concept of a Rendezvous Point as a means for receivers to discover the sources that send to a particular multicast group. BSR is one way that a multicast router can learn the set of group-to-RP mappings required in order to function. The mechanism is dynamic, largely self-configuring, and robust to router failure. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

Document record

Document ID
RFC5059
Published
January 2008
Authors
N. Bhaskar; A. Gall; J. Lingard; S. Venaas
Status
PROPOSED STANDARD
Stream
IETF
Area
rtg
Pages
42
Also known as
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Obsoletes:
RFC 2362
Updates:
RFC 4601
Updated by:
RFC 8736, RFC 9436

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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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