Re: PIM SS draft

[Marshall Eubanks <tme@21rst-century.com>]

Toerless Eckert wrote:

> > Does anyone have a copy? If so, I'd like to get it! More importantly, is there
> > another
>
> See
>     ftp://ftpeng.cisco.com/ipmulticast/drafts
>
> > document that replaced or obsoleted the referred document?
>
> PIM-SSM (i think that's what it's being called now) is going to become part
> of the new PIM-SM draft. Dunno exactly if it's going to be another draft
> or a section. The authors should be able to tell you. It's supposedly just
> PIM-SM when operating without an RP.
>
> Cheers
>         Toerless

Hi;

The revised PIM-SMv2 draft already includes a description of SSM, but there still some other drafts that
might be of use. (It is gratifying how simple SSM appears in the context of the overall PIM draft.)

For the PIM draft (which now includes SSM as part of the spec) :

http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-pim-sm-v2-new-01.txt
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-pim-sm-v2-new-01.ps  < postscript version (much better on the eye)

Specific SSM drafts :

This is I think is being subsumed in PIM-SMv2 :

Source-Specific Multicast for IP
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-holbrook-ssm-arch-01.txt

IGMPv3 is necessary for SSM :

Internet Group Management Protocol, Version 3
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-idmr-igmp-v3-06.txt

Using IGMPv3 For Source-Specific Multicast
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-holbrook-idmr-igmpv3-ssm-00.txt

These address deployment issues :

A Framework for Source-Specific IP Multicast Deployment
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-bhattach-pim-ssm-00.txt

Source-Specific Protocol Independent Multicast in 232/8
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-shepherd-ssm232-01.txt
(Hey Greg & Rob - can you fix the ascii text of this draft ? It doesn't display right, at least on netscape.)

This is pretty much it. (If I have left anything out, please let me know.)

                                 Regards
                                 Marshall Eubanks



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