rfc-3569

An Overview of Source-Specific Multicast (SSM)

S. Bhattacharyya (Editor)

date2003-07 streamIETF areartg wgssm statusINFORMATIONAL pages14 canonicalhttps://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3569 doi10.17487/RFC3569

The purpose of this document is to provide an overview of Source-Specific Multicast (SSM) and issues related to its deployment. It discusses how the SSM service model addresses the challenges faced in inter-domain multicast deployment, changes needed to routing protocols and applications to deploy SSM and interoperability issues with current multicast service models. This memo provides information for the Internet community.