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RFC 5384: The Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) Join Attribute Format

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A "Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode" Join message sent by a given node identifies one or more multicast distribution trees that that node wishes to join. Each tree is identified by the combination of a multicast group address and a source address (where the source address is possibly a "wild card"). Under certain conditions it can be useful, when joining a tree, to specify additional information related to the construction of the tree. However, there has been no way to do so until now. This document describes a modification of the Join message that allows a node to associate attributes with a particular tree. The attributes are encoded in Type-Length-Value format. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

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Document ID
RFC5384
Published
November 2008
Authors
A. Boers; I. Wijnands; E. Rosen
Status
PROPOSED STANDARD
Stream
IETF
Area
rtg
Pages
10
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Updated by:
RFC 7887

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