RFC 3569: An Overview of Source-Specific Multicast (SSM)

The purpose of this document is to provide an overview of Source-Specific Multicast (SSM) and issues related to its deployment. It discusses how the SSM…

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Outgoing relationships (13 related RFCs)

Informative reference — RFC 2401: Security Architecture for the Internet Protocol
Informative reference — RFC 3376: Internet Group Management Protocol, Version 3
Informative reference — RFC 2710: Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) for IPv6
Informative reference — RFC 2236: Internet Group Management Protocol, Version 2
Informative reference — RFC 3306: Unicast-Prefix-based IPv6 Multicast Addresses
Informative reference — RFC 2362: Protocol Independent Multicast-Sparse Mode (PIM-SM): Protocol Specification
Informative reference — RFC 2858: Multiprotocol Extensions for BGP-4
Informative reference — RFC 3307: Allocation Guidelines for IPv6 Multicast Addresses
Informative reference — RFC 3138: Extended Assignments in 233/8
Informative reference — RFC 3180: GLOP Addressing in 233/8
Informative reference — RFC 2201: Core Based Trees (CBT) Multicast Routing Architecture
Informative reference — RFC 2908: The Internet Multicast Address Allocation Architecture
Informative reference — RFC 2189: Core Based Trees (CBT version 2) Multicast Routing -- Protocol Specification --

Incoming relationships (16 related RFCs)

Normatively referenced by — RFC 8378: Signal-Free Locator/ID Separation Protocol (LISP) Multicast
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9128: YANG Data Model for Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 4608: Source-Specific Protocol Independent Multicast in 232/8
Informatively referenced by — RFC 3810: Multicast Listener Discovery Version 2 (MLDv2) for IPv6
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6679: Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) for RTP over UDP
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7667: RTP Topologies
Informatively referenced by — RFC 4609: Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM) Multicast Routing Security Issues and Enhancements
Informatively referenced by — RFC 4259: A Framework for Transmission of IP Datagrams over MPEG-2 Networks
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8088: How to Write an RTP Payload Format
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8293: A Framework for Multicast in Network Virtualization over Layer 3
Informatively referenced by — RFC 4570: Session Description Protocol (SDP) Source Filters
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5132: IP Multicast MIB
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6219: The China Education and Research Network (CERNET) IVI Translation Design and Deployment for the IPv4/IPv6 Coexistence and Transition
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9776: Internet Group Management Protocol, Version 3
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9777: Multicast Listener Discovery Version 2 (MLDv2) for IPv6
Informatively referenced by — RFC 4958: A Framework for Supporting Emergency Telecommunications Services (ETS) within a Single Administrative Domain