The IESG has approved the following document: - 'Using IGMPv3 and MLDv2 For Source-Specific Multicast ' <draft-holbrook-idmr-igmpv3-ssm-08.txt> as a Proposed Standard This document is the product of the Multicast & Anycast Group Membership Working Group. The IESG contact persons are Margaret Wasserman and Thomas Narten. Technical Summary The Internet Group Management Protocol Version 3 (IGMPv3) and the Multicast Listener Discovery Protocol Version 2 (MLDv2) are protocols that allow a host to inform its neighboring routers of its desire to receive IPv4 and IPv6 multicast transmissions, respectively. Source- Specific Multicast (SSM) is a form of multicast in which a receiver is required to specify both the network-layer address of the source and the multicast destination address in order to receive the multicast transmission. This document defines the notion of an "SSM-aware" router and host, and clarifies and, in some cases, modifies the behavior of IGMPv3 and MLDv2 on SSM-aware routers and hosts to accomodate source- specific multicast. Working Group Summary This document was produced by the MAGMA WG and represents the consensus of that group. Protocol Quality This document was reviewed for the IESG by Margaret Wasserman. _______________________________________________ IETF-Announce@ietf.org https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce
