RFC 6559: A Reliable Transport Mechanism for PIM

This document defines a reliable transport mechanism for the PIM protocol for transmission of Join/Prune messages. This eliminates the need for periodic…

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Outgoing relationships (12 related RFCs)

Normative reference — RFC 2119: Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels
Normative reference — RFC 793: Transmission Control Protocol
Normative reference — RFC 4960: Stream Control Transmission Protocol
Normative reference — RFC 5925: The TCP Authentication Option
Normative reference — RFC 4601: Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM): Protocol Specification (Revised)
Normative reference — RFC 5082: The Generalized TTL Security Mechanism (GTSM)
Normative reference — RFC 5015: Bidirectional Protocol Independent Multicast (BIDIR-PIM)
Normative reference — RFC 4895: Authenticated Chunks for the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP)
Normative reference — RFC 6395: An Interface Identifier (ID) Hello Option for PIM
Informative reference — RFC 3692: Assigning Experimental and Testing Numbers Considered Useful
Informative reference — RFC 3042: Enhancing TCP's Loss Recovery Using Limited Transmit
Informative reference — RFC 3465: TCP Congestion Control with Appropriate Byte Counting (ABC)