A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries. RFC 6972 Title: Problem Statement and Requirements of the Peer-to-Peer Streaming Protocol (PPSP) Author: Y. Zhang, N. Zong Status: Informational Stream: IETF Date: July 2013 Mailbox: hishigh@gmail.com, zongning@huawei.com Pages: 22 Characters: 53634 Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso: None I-D Tag: draft-ietf-ppsp-problem-statement-15.txt URL: http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6972.txt Peer-to-Peer (P2P) streaming systems becoming more and more popular on the Internet, and most of them are using proprietary protocols. This document identifies problems associated with proprietary protocols; proposes the development of the Peer-to-Peer Streaming Protocol (PPSP), which includes the tracker and peer protocols; and discusses the scope, requirements, and use cases of PPSP. This document is a product of the Peer to Peer Streaming Protocol Working Group of the IETF. INFORMATIONAL: This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. This announcement is sent to the IETF-Announce and rfc-dist lists. To subscribe or unsubscribe, see http://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce http://mailman.rfc-editor.org/mailman/listinfo/rfc-dist For searching the RFC series, see http://www.rfc-editor.org/search/rfc_search.php For downloading RFCs, see http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc.html Requests for special distribution should be addressed to either the author of the RFC in question, or to rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org. Unless specifically noted otherwise on the RFC itself, all RFCs are for unlimited distribution. The RFC Editor Team Association Management Solutions, LLC