rfc-3973

Protocol Independent Multicast - Dense Mode (PIM-DM): Protocol Specification (Revised)

A. Adams, J. Nicholas, W. Siadak
date2005-01 streamIETF areartg wgpim statusEXPERIMENTAL pages61 canonicalhttps://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3973 doi10.17487/RFC3973 errataview
This document specifies Protocol Independent Multicast - Dense Mode (PIM-DM). PIM-DM is a multicast routing protocol that uses the underlying unicast routing information base to flood multicast datagrams to all multicast routers. Prune messages are used to prevent future messages from propagating to routers without group membership information. This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community.

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