Re: 232-Addresses not only for current SSM model

["Stephen Sprunk" <ssprunk@cisco.com>]

Thus spake "Hummel Heinrich" <Heinrich.Hummel@icn.siemens.de>
> My point is another one or maybe I should ask this question:
> When a node in the middle of the network receives a particular
> "multicast" message, how can he recognize which  evtly. present
> (S,G) -multicast channel is meant in case there are multiples of
> (S,G)-models, and not just SSM ?

A node in the middle of the network forwards a packet based on the (S,G)
state already stored in that node; this behavior is independent of how
exactly that (S,G) state is created (eg. DVMRP, MOSPF, PIM).

Using 232/8 addresses declares that the sender(s) and recipient(s) want
the SSM delivery model (versus the default ISM).  It does not mandate
the use of PIM; PIM just happens to be the only protocol (AFAIK) that
offers SSM delivery so far.

I can't tell from your first message if you're looking to develop a
different delivery model than either ISM or SSM, or if you're looking to
develop a different protocol to provide ISM and/or SSM delivery.

> Heinrich

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