{"draft":"draft-holbrook-idmr-igmpv3-ssm-08","doc_id":"RFC4604","title":"Using Internet Group Management Protocol Version 3 (IGMPv3) and Multicast Listener Discovery Protocol Version 2 (MLDv2) for Source-Specific Multicast","authors":["H. Holbrook","B. Cain","B. Haberman"],"format":["ASCII","HTML"],"page_count":"11","pub_status":"PROPOSED STANDARD","status":"PROPOSED STANDARD","source":"Multicast & Anycast Group Membership","abstract":"The Internet Group Management Protocol Version 3 (IGMPv3) and the\r\nMulticast Listener Discovery Protocol Version 2 (MLDv2) are protocols\r\nthat allow a host to inform its neighboring routers of its desire to\r\nreceive IPv4 and IPv6 multicast transmissions, respectively.\r\nSource-specific multicast (SSM) is a form of multicast in which a\r\nreceiver is required to specify both the network-layer address of the\r\nsource and the multicast destination address in order to receive the\r\nmulticast transmission.  This document defines the notion of an\r\n\"SSM-aware\" router and host, and clarifies and (in some cases)\r\nmodifies the behavior of IGMPv3 and MLDv2 on SSM-aware routers and\r\nhosts to accommodate source-specific multicast.  This document updates\r\nthe IGMPv3 and MLDv2 specifications.  [STANDARDS-TRACK]","pub_date":"August 2006","keywords":["[--------|p]","ssm"],"obsoletes":[],"obsoleted_by":[],"updates":["RFC3376","RFC3810"],"updated_by":[],"see_also":[],"doi":"10.17487\/RFC4604","errata_url":null}