RFC 5401: Multicast Negative-Acknowledgment (NACK) Building Blocks

This document discusses the creation of reliable multicast protocols that utilize negative-acknowledgment (NACK) feedback. The rationale for protocol design…

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Outgoing relationships (14 related RFCs)

Obsoletes, Informative reference — RFC 3941: Negative-Acknowledgment (NACK)-Oriented Reliable Multicast (NORM) Building Blocks
Normative reference — RFC 2119: Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels
Normative reference — RFC 1112: Host extensions for IP multicasting
Normative reference — RFC 4607: Source-Specific Multicast for IP
Informative reference — RFC 4301: Security Architecture for the Internet Protocol
Informative reference — RFC 3453: The Use of Forward Error Correction (FEC) in Reliable Multicast
Informative reference — RFC 3269: Author Guidelines for Reliable Multicast Transport (RMT) Building Blocks and Protocol Instantiation documents
Informative reference — RFC 5052: Forward Error Correction (FEC) Building Block
Informative reference — RFC 2357: IETF Criteria for Evaluating Reliable Multicast Transport and Application Protocols
Informative reference — RFC 4535: GSAKMP: Group Secure Association Key Management Protocol
Informative reference — RFC 4359: The Use of RSA/SHA-1 Signatures within Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP) and Authentication Header (AH)
Informative reference — RFC 3208: PGM Reliable Transport Protocol Specification
Informative reference — RFC 4654: TCP-Friendly Multicast Congestion Control (TFMCC): Protocol Specification
Informative reference — RFC 3940: Negative-acknowledgment (NACK)-Oriented Reliable Multicast (NORM) Protocol

Incoming relationships (1 related RFC)

Normatively referenced by — RFC 5740: NACK-Oriented Reliable Multicast (NORM) Transport Protocol