RFC 4601: Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM): Protocol Specification (Revised)

This document specifies Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM). PIM-SM is a multicast routing protocol that can use the underlying unicast…

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Outgoing relationships (12 related RFCs)

Obsoletes — RFC 2362: Protocol Independent Multicast-Sparse Mode (PIM-SM): Protocol Specification
Normative reference — RFC 2460: Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification
Normative reference — RFC 4301: Security Architecture for the Internet Protocol
Normative reference — RFC 3376: Internet Group Management Protocol, Version 3
Normative reference — RFC 2710: Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) for IPv6
Normative reference — RFC 4507: Transport Layer Security (TLS) Session Resumption without Server-Side State
Informative reference — RFC 4306: Internet Key Exchange (IKEv2) Protocol
Informative reference — RFC 2983: Differentiated Services and Tunnels
Informative reference — RFC 3956: Embedding the Rendezvous Point (RP) Address in an IPv6 Multicast Address
Informative reference — RFC 2858: Multiprotocol Extensions for BGP-4
Informative reference — RFC 4609: Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM) Multicast Routing Security Issues and Enhancements
Informative reference — RFC 2715: Interoperability Rules for Multicast Routing Protocols

Incoming relationships (47 related RFCs)

Updated by, Normatively referenced by — RFC 5059: Bootstrap Router (BSR) Mechanism for Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM)
Updated by — RFC 5796: Authentication and Confidentiality in Protocol Independent Multicast Sparse Mode (PIM-SM) Link-Local Messages
Updated by — RFC 6226: PIM Group-to-Rendezvous-Point Mapping
Obsoleted by — RFC 7761: Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM): Protocol Specification (Revised)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 4607: Source-Specific Multicast for IP
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6513: Multicast in MPLS/BGP IP VPNs
Normatively referenced by — RFC 4732: Internet Denial-of-Service Considerations
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6514: BGP Encodings and Procedures for Multicast in MPLS/BGP IP VPNs
Normatively referenced by — RFC 5015: Bidirectional Protocol Independent Multicast (BIDIR-PIM)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 5384: The Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) Join Attribute Format
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6831: The Locator/ID Separation Protocol (LISP) for Multicast Environments
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6625: Wildcards in Multicast VPN Auto-Discovery Routes
Normatively referenced by — RFC 4610: Anycast-RP Using Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 4609: Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM) Multicast Routing Security Issues and Enhancements
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6037: Cisco Systems' Solution for Multicast in BGP/MPLS IP VPNs
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6395: An Interface Identifier (ID) Hello Option for PIM
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6754: Protocol Independent Multicast Equal-Cost Multipath (ECMP) Redirect
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7582: Multicast Virtual Private Network (MVPN): Using Bidirectional P-Tunnels
Normatively referenced by — RFC 4611: Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP) Deployment Scenarios
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6420: PIM Multi-Topology ID (MT-ID) Join Attribute
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6807: Population Count Extensions to Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7438: Multipoint LDP (mLDP) In-Band Signaling with Wildcards
Normatively referenced by — RFC 4602: Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM) IETF Proposed Standard Requirements Analysis
Normatively referenced by — RFC 4608: Source-Specific Protocol Independent Multicast in 232/8
Normatively referenced by — RFC 5186: Internet Group Management Protocol Version 3 (IGMPv3) / Multicast Listener Discovery Version 2 (MLDv2) and Multicast Routing Protocol Interaction
Normatively referenced by — RFC 5240: Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) Bootstrap Router MIB
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6559: A Reliable Transport Mechanism for PIM
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7287: Mobile Multicast Sender Support in Proxy Mobile IPv6 (PMIPv6) Domains
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7442: Carrying Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM) in Any-Source Multicast (ASM) Mode Trees over Multipoint LDP (mLDP)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5838: Support of Address Families in OSPFv3
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7117: Multicast in Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6518: Keying and Authentication for Routing Protocols (KARP) Design Guidelines
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7297: IP Connectivity Provisioning Profile (CPP)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6621: Simplified Multicast Forwarding
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7431: Multicast-Only Fast Reroute
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7450: Automatic Multicast Tunneling
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7716: Global Table Multicast with BGP Multicast VPN (BGP-MVPN) Procedures
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5501: Requirements for Multicast Support in Virtual Private LAN Services
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5132: IP Multicast MIB
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5135: IP Multicast Requirements for a Network Address Translator (NAT) and a Network Address Port Translator (NAPT)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6826: Multipoint LDP In-Band Signaling for Point-to-Multipoint and Multipoint-to-Multipoint Label Switched Paths
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9119: Multicast Considerations over IEEE 802 Wireless Media
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5773: Analysis of Inter-Domain Routing Requirements and History
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6695: Methods to Convey Forward Error Correction (FEC) Framework Configuration Information
Informatively referenced by — RFC 4958: A Framework for Supporting Emergency Telecommunications Services (ETS) within a Single Administrative Domain
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7256: Multicast Control Extensions for the Access Node Control Protocol (ANCP)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7441: Encoding Multipoint LDP (mLDP) Forwarding Equivalence Classes (FECs) in the NLRI of BGP MCAST-VPN Routes