Re: New Internet Draft on automatic (end-user) tunneling for SSM

[Jon Crowcroft <J.Crowcroft@cs.ucl.ac.uk>]

In message <Pine.GSO.4.05.10102261052490.18762-100000@kinkajou.arc.nasa.gov>, H
ugh LaMaster typed:

 >>UMTP seems like a lot of work to develop/debug/deploy.  I think
 >>the same level of effort applied to deploying native multicast
 >>might bring more multicast users online.  Has anybody attempted
 >>to survey the Tier-2/3 providers about what they think about
 >>UMTP multicast vs. native multicast?

good question - they are the main sticking point given  a lot of tier
1 are doign native multicast

my personal intuition is that "akamizing" auto-tunneled multicast
across them is the best way

but its a zero sum game:if we succeed, they will either run native
multicast soon after, or block the tunnels.....so whatever we do, it
better be code first, and standards later (of ever)
 

 cheers

   jon