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PROPOSED STANDARD

Obsoletes:

RFC 2362

Updates:

RFC 4601

Updated by:

RFC 8736,RFC 9436

Authors:

N. Bhaskar
A. Gall
J. Lingard
S. Venaas

Stream:

IETF

Source:

pim (rtg)

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DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC5059

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Abstract

This document specifies the Bootstrap Router (BSR) mechanismfor the class of multicast routing protocols in the PIM(Protocol Independent Multicast) family that use the conceptof a Rendezvous Point as a means for receivers to discover thesources that send to a particular multicast group. BSR is oneway that a multicast router can learn the set of group-to-RPmappings required in order to function. The mechanism isdynamic, largely self-configuring, and robust to routerfailure. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

For the definition ofStatus,seeRFC 2026.

For the definition ofStream, seeRFC 8729.