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EXPERIMENTAL
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)                      D. FarinacciRequest for Comments: 6807                                   G. ShepherdCategory: Experimental                                         S. VenaasISSN: 2070-1721                                            Cisco Systems                                                                  Y. Cai                                                               Microsoft                                                           December 2012Population Count Extensions to Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM)Abstract   This specification defines a method for providing multicast   distribution-tree accounting data.  Simple extensions to the Protocol   Independent Multicast (PIM) protocol allow a rough approximation of   tree-based data in a scalable fashion.Status of This Memo   This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is   published for examination, experimental implementation, and   evaluation.   This document defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet   community.  This document is a product of the Internet Engineering   Task Force (IETF).  It represents the consensus of the IETF   community.  It has received public review and has been approved for   publication by the Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG).  Not   all documents approved by the IESG are a candidate for any level of   Internet Standard; seeSection 2 of RFC 5741.   Information about the current status of this document, any errata,   and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained athttp://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6807.Farinacci, et al.             Experimental                      [Page 1]

RFC 6807           Population Count Extensions to PIM      December 2012Copyright Notice   Copyright (c) 2012 IETF Trust and the persons identified as the   document authors.  All rights reserved.   This document is subject toBCP 78 and the IETF Trust's Legal   Provisions Relating to IETF Documents   (http://trustee.ietf.org/license-info) in effect on the date of   publication of this document.  Please review these documents   carefully, as they describe your rights and restrictions with respect   to this document.  Code Components extracted from this document must   include Simplified BSD License text as described in Section 4.e of   the Trust Legal Provisions and are provided without warranty as   described in the Simplified BSD License.Table of Contents1.  Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31.1.  Requirements Notation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41.2.  Terminology  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42.  Pop-Count-Supported Hello Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43.  New Pop-Count Join Attribute Format  . . . . . . . . . . . . .53.1.  Options  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83.1.1.  Link Speed Encoding  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103.2.  Example Message Layouts  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104.  How to Use Pop-Count Encoding  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115.  Implementation Approaches  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126.  Caveats  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137.  IANA Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138.  Security Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139.  Acknowledgments  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1410. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1410.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1410.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14Farinacci, et al.             Experimental                      [Page 2]

RFC 6807           Population Count Extensions to PIM      December 20121.  Introduction   This document specifies a mechanism to convey accounting information   using the Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) protocol [RFC4601]   [RFC5015].  Putting the mechanism in PIM allows efficient   distribution and maintenance of such accounting information.   Previous mechanisms require data to be correlated from multiple   router sources.   This mechanism allows a single router to be queried to obtain   accounting and statistic information for a multicast distribution   tree as a whole or any distribution sub-tree downstream from a   queried router.  The amount of information is fixed and does not   increase as multicast membership, tree diameter, or branching   increases.   The sort of accounting data this specification provides, on a per-   multicast-route basis, are:   1.  The number of branches in a distribution tree.   2.  The membership type of the distribution tree, that is, Source-       Specific Multicast (SSM) or Any-Source Multicast (ASM).   3.  Routing domain and time zone boundary information.   4.  On-tree node and tree diameter counters.   5.  Effective MTU and bandwidth.   This document defines a new PIM Join Attribute type [RFC5384] for the   Join/Prune message as well as a new Hello option.  The mechanism is   applicable to IPv4 and IPv6 multicast.   This is a new extension to PIM, and it is not completely understood   what impact collecting information using PIM would have on the   operation of PIM.  This is an entirely new concept.  Many PIM   features (including the core protocols) were first introduced in   Experimental RFCs, and it seems appropriate to advance this work as   Experimental.  Reports of implementation and deployment across whole   distribution trees or within sub-trees (seeSection 6) will enable an   assessment of the desirability and stability of this specification.   The PIM Working Group will then consider whether to move this work to   the Standards Track.   This document does not specify how an administrator or user can   access this information.  It is expected that an implementation may   have a command-line interface or other ways of requesting andFarinacci, et al.             Experimental                      [Page 3]

RFC 6807           Population Count Extensions to PIM      December 2012   displaying this information.  As this is currently an Experimental   document, defining a MIB module has not been considered.  If the PIM   Working Group finds that this should move on to Standards Track, a   MIB module should be considered.1.1.  Requirements Notation   The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",   "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this   document are to be interpreted as described in [RFC2119].1.2.  Terminology   This section defines the terms used in this document.   Multicast Route:  An (S,G) or (*,G) entry regardless of whether the      route is in ASM, SSM, or BIDIR mode of operation.   Stub Link:  A link with members joined to the group via IGMP or      Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD).   Transit Link:  A link put in the oif-list (outgoing interface list)      for a multicast route because it was joined by PIM routers.   Note that a link can be both a Stub Link and a Transit Link at the   same time.2.  Pop-Count-Supported Hello Option   A PIM router indicates that it supports the mechanism specified in   this document by including the Pop-Count-Supported Hello option in   its PIM Hello message.  Note that it also needs to include the Join-   Attribute Hello option as specified in [RFC5384].  The format of the   Pop-Count-Supported Hello option is defined to be:       0                   1                   2                   3       0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+      |          OptionType           |         OptionLength          |      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+   OptionType = 29, OptionLength = 0.  Note that there is no option   value included.  In order to allow future updates of this   specification that may include an option value, implementations of   this document MUST accept and process this option even if the length   is non-zero.  Implementations of this specification MUST accept and   process the option ignoring any option value that may be included.Farinacci, et al.             Experimental                      [Page 4]

RFC 6807           Population Count Extensions to PIM      December 20123.  New Pop-Count Join Attribute Format   When a PIM router supports this mechanism and has determined from a   received Hello that the neighbor supports this mechanism, and also   that all the neighbors on the interface support the use of join   attributes, it will send Join/Prune messages that MAY include a Pop-   Count Join Attribute.  The mechanism to process a PIM Join Attribute   is described in [RFC5384].  The format of the new attribute is   specified in the following.       0                   1                   2                   3       0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+      |F|E| Attr_Type |    Length     |        Effective MTU          |      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+      |             Flags             |        Options Bitmap         |      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+      |                            Options                            |      .                               .                               .      .                               .                               .      .                               .                               .      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+   The above format is used only for entries in the join-list section of   the Join/Prune message.   F bit:  0 (Non-Transitive Attribute).   E bit:  As specified by [RFC5384].   Attr_Type:  3.   Length:  The minimum length is 6.   Effective MTU:  This contains the minimum MTU for any link in the      oif-list.  The sender of a Join/Prune message takes the minimum      value for the MTU (in bytes) from each link in the oif-list.  If      this value is less than the value stored for the multicast route      (the one received from downstream joiners), then the value should      be reset and sent in a Join/Prune message.  Otherwise, the value      should remain unchanged.      This provides the MTU supported by multicast distribution tree      when examined at the first-hop router(s) or for sub-tree for any      router on the distribution tree.Farinacci, et al.             Experimental                      [Page 5]

RFC 6807           Population Count Extensions to PIM      December 2012   Flags:  The flags field has the following format:           0                   1           0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5          +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+          |  Unalloc/Reserved   |P|a|t|A|S|          +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+      Unallocated/Reserved Flags:  The flags that are currently not         defined.  If a new flag is defined and used by a new         implementation, an old implementation should preserve the bit         settings.  This means that a router MUST preserve the settings         of all Unallocated/Reserved Flags in PIM Join messages received         from downstream routers in any PIM Join sent upstream.      S flag:  This flag is set if an IGMPv3 or MLDv2 report with an         INCLUDE mode group record was received on any oif-list entry or         the bit was set from any PIM Join message.  This bit should         only be cleared when the above becomes untrue.      A flag:  This flag is set if an IGMPv3 or MLDv2 report with an         EXCLUDE mode group record, or an IGMPv1, IGMPv2, or MLDv1         report, was received on any oif-list entry or the bit was set         from any PIM Join message.  This bit should only be cleared         when the above becomes untrue.         A combination of settings for these bits indicate:           A flag   S flag   Description           ------   ------   --------------------------------------             0        0      There are no members for the group.                             ('Stub Oif-List Count' is 0)             0        1      All group members are using SSM.             1        0      All group members are using ASM.             1        1      A mixture of SSM and ASM group members.      t flag:  This flag is set if there are any manually configured         tunnels on the distribution tree.  This means any tunnel that         is not an auto-tunnel.  If a manually configured tunnel is in         the oif-list, a router sets this bit in its Join/Prune         messages.  Otherwise, it propagates the bit setting from         downstream joiners.Farinacci, et al.             Experimental                      [Page 6]

RFC 6807           Population Count Extensions to PIM      December 2012      a flag:  This flag is set if there are any auto-tunnels on the         distribution tree.  If an auto-tunnel is in the oif-list, a         router sets this bit in its Join/Prune messages.  Otherwise, it         propagates the bit setting from downstream joiners.  An example         of an auto-tunnel is a tunnel set up by the Automatic Multicast         Tunneling [AMT] protocol.      P flag:  This flag is set by a router if all downstream routers         support this specification.  That is, they are all PIM Pop-         Count capable.  If a downstream router does not support this         specification, it MUST be cleared.  This allows one to tell if         the entire sub-tree is completely accounting capable.   Options Bitmap:  This is a bitmap that shows which options are      present.  The format of the bitmap is as follows:            0                   1            0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5           +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+           |T|s|m|M|d|n|D|z| Unalloc/Rsrvd |           +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+      Each one of the bits T, s, m, M, d, n, D and z is associated with      one option, where the option is included if and only if the      respective bit is set.  Included options MUST be in the same order      as these bits are listed.  The bits denote the following options:            bit     Option           -----   ------------------------             T      Transit Oif-List Count             s      Stub Oif-List Count             m      Minimum Speed Link             M      Maximum Speed Link             d      Domain Count             n      Node Count             D      Diameter Count             z      TZ Count      SeeSection 3.1 for details on the different options.  The      unallocated bits are reserved.  Any unknown bits MUST be set to 0      when a message is sent, and treated as 0 (ignored) when received.      This means that unknown options that are denoted by unknown bits      are ignored.Farinacci, et al.             Experimental                      [Page 7]

RFC 6807           Population Count Extensions to PIM      December 2012      By using this bitmap we can specify at most 16 options.  If there      becomes a need for more than 16 options, one can define a new      option that contains a bitmap that can then be used to specify      which further options are present.  The last bit in the current      bitmap could be used for that option.  However, the exact      definition of this is left for future documents.   Options:  This field contains options.  Which options are present is      determined by the flag bits.  As new flags and options may be      defined in the future, any unknown/reserved flags MUST be ignored,      and any additional trailing options MUST be ignored.  SeeSection 3.1 for details on the options defined in this document.3.1.  Options   There are several options defined in this document.  For each option,   there is also a related flag that shows whether the option is   present.  See the Options Bitmap above for a list of the options and   their respective bits.  Each option has a fixed size.  Note that   there are no alignment requirements for the options, so an   implementation cannot assume they are aligned.   Transit Oif-List Count:  This is filled in by a router sending a      Join/Prune message indicating the number of transit links on the      multicast distribution tree.  The value is the number of oifs      (outgoing interfaces) for the multicast route that have been      joined by PIM plus the sum of the values advertised by each of the      downstream PIM routers that have joined on this oif.  Length is 4      octets.   Stub Oif-List Count:  This is filled in by a router sending a Join/      Prune message indicating the number of stub links (links where      there are host members) on the multicast distribution tree.  The      value is the number of oifs for the multicast route that have been      joined by IGMP or MLD plus the sum of the values advertised by      each of the downstream PIM routers that have joined on this oif.      Length is 4 octets.   Minimum Speed Link:  This contains the minimum bandwidth rate for any      link in the oif-list and is encoded as specified inSection 3.1.1.      The sender of a Join/Prune message takes the minimum value for      each link in the oif-list for the multicast route.  If this value      is less than the value stored for the multicast route (the      smallest value received from downstream joiners), then the value      should be reset and sent in a Join/Prune message.  Otherwise, the      value should remain unchanged.  This, together with the MaximumFarinacci, et al.             Experimental                      [Page 8]

RFC 6807           Population Count Extensions to PIM      December 2012      Speed Link option, provides a way to obtain the lowest- and      highest-speed links for the multicast distribution tree.  Length      is 2 octets.   Maximum Speed Link:  This contains the maximum bandwidth rate for any      link in the oif-list and is encoded as specified inSection 3.1.1.      The sender of a Join/Prune message takes the maximum value for      each link in the oif-list for the multicast route.  If this value      is greater than the value stored for the multicast route (the      largest value received from downstream joiners), then the value      should be reset and sent in a Join/Prune message.  Otherwise, the      value should remain unchanged.  This, together with the Minimum      Speed Link option, provides a way to obtain the lowest- and      highest-speed links for the multicast distribution tree.  Length      is 2 octets.   Domain Count:  This indicates the number of routing domains the      distribution tree traverses.  A router should increment this value      if it is sending a Join/Prune message over a link that traverses a      domain boundary.  For this to work, an implementation needs a way      of knowing that a neighbor or an interface is in a different      domain.  There is no standard way of doing this.  Length is 1      octet.   Node Count:  This indicates the number of routers on the distribution      tree.  Each router will sum up all the Node Counts from all      joiners on all oifs and increment by 1 before including this value      in the Join/Prune message.  Length is 1 octet.   Diameter Count:  This indicates the longest length of any given      branch of the tree in router hops.  Each router that sends a Join      increments the max value received by all downstream joiners by 1.      Length is 1 octet.   TZ Count:  This indicates the number of time zones the distribution      tree traverses.  A router should increment this value if it is      sending a Join/Prune message over a link that traverses a time      zone.  This can be a configured link attribute, or using other      means to determine the time zone is acceptable.  Length is 1      octet.Farinacci, et al.             Experimental                      [Page 9]

RFC 6807           Population Count Extensions to PIM      December 20123.1.1.  Link Speed Encoding   The speed is encoded using 2 octets as follows:            0                   1            0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5           +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+           | Exponent  |    Significand    |           +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+   Using this format, the speed of the link is Significand * 10 ^   Exponent kbps.  This allows specifying link speeds with up to 3   decimal digits precision and speeds from 1 kbps to 10 ^ 67 kbps.  A   computed speed of 0 kbps means the link speed is < 1 kbps.   Here are some examples of how this is used:            Link Speed     Exponent     Significand           ------------   ----------   -------------            500 kbps       0            500            500 kbps       2              5            155 Mbps       3            155             40 Gpbs       6             40            100 Gpbs       6            100            100 Gpbs       8              13.2.  Example Message Layouts   Here, we will give a few examples to illustrate the use of flags and   options.   A minimum-size message has no option flags set and looks like this:       0                   1                   2                   3       0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+      |F|E| Attr_Type |  Length = 6   |        Effective MTU          |      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+      |  Unalloc/Reserved   |P|a|t|A|S|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0| Unalloc/Rsrvd |      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+Farinacci, et al.             Experimental                     [Page 10]

RFC 6807           Population Count Extensions to PIM      December 2012   A message containing all the options defined in this document would   look like this:       0                   1                   2                   3       0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+      |F|E| Attr_Type |  Length = 18  |        Effective MTU          |      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+      |  Unalloc/Reserved   |P|a|t|A|S|1|1|1|1|1|1|1|1| Unalloc/Rsrvd |      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+      |                    Transit Oif-List Count                     |      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+      |                      Stub Oif-List Count                      |      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+      |      Minimum Speed Link       |      Maximum Speed Link       |      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+      |  Domain Count |  Node Count   | Diameter Count|    TZ Count   |      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+   A message containing only Stub Oif-List Count and Node Count would   look like this:       0                   1                   2                   3       0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+      |F|E| Attr_Type |  Length = 9   |        Effective MTU          |      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+      |  Unalloc/Reserved   |P|a|t|A|S|0|1|0|0|0|1|0|0| Unalloc/Rsrvd |      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+      |                      Stub Oif-List Count                      |      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+      |  Node count   |      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+4.  How to Use Pop-Count Encoding   A router supporting this mechanism MUST, unless administratively   disabled, include the PIM Join Attribute option in its PIM Hellos.   See [RFC5384] and "PIM-Hello Options" on [PIM-REG] for details.   It is RECOMMENDED that implementations allow for administrative   control of whether to make use of this mechanism.  Implementations   MAY also allow further control of what information to store and send   upstream.Farinacci, et al.             Experimental                     [Page 11]

RFC 6807           Population Count Extensions to PIM      December 2012   It is very important to note that any changes to the values   maintained by this mechanism MUST NOT trigger a new Join/Prune   message.  Due to the periodic nature of PIM, the values can be   accurately obtained at 1-minute intervals (or whatever Join/Prune   interval used).   When a router removes a link from an oif-list, it needs to be able to   reevaluate the values that it will advertise upstream.  This happens   when an oif-list entry is timed out or a Prune is received.   It is RECOMMENDED that the Join Attribute defined in this document be   used only for entries in the join-list part of the Join/Prune   message.  If the attribute is used in the prune-list, an   implementation MUST ignore it and process the Prune as if the   attribute were not present.   It is also RECOMMENDED that join suppression be disabled on a LAN   when Pop-Count is used.   It is RECOMMENDED that, when triggered Join/Prune messages are sent   by a downstream router, the accounting information not be included in   the message.  This way, when convergence is important, avoiding the   processing time to build an accounting record in a downstream router   and processing time to parse the message in the upstream router will   help reduce convergence time.  If an upstream router receives a Join/   Prune message with no accounting data, it SHOULD NOT interpret the   message as a trigger to clear or reset the accounting data it has   cached.5.  Implementation Approaches   This section offers some non-normative suggestions for how Pop-Count   may be implemented.   An implementation can decide how the accounting attributes are   maintained.  The values can be stored as part of the multicast route   data structure by combining the local information it has with the   joined information on a per-oif basis.  So, when it is time to send a   Join/Prune message, the values stored in the multicast route can be   copied to the message.   Or, an implementation could store the accounting values per oif and,   when a Join/Prune message is sent, it can combine the oifs with its   local information.  Then, the combined information can be copied to   the message.Farinacci, et al.             Experimental                     [Page 12]

RFC 6807           Population Count Extensions to PIM      December 2012   When a downstream joiner stops joining, accounting values cached must   be evaluated.  There are two approaches that can be taken.  One is to   keep values learned from each joiner, so when the joiner goes away,   the count/max/min values are known and the combined value can be   adjusted.  The other approach is to set the value to 0 for the oif,   and then start accumulating new values as subsequent Joins are   received.   The same issue arises when an oif is removed from the oif-list.   Keeping per-oif values allows you to adjust the per-route values when   an oif goes away.  Or, alternatively, a delay for reporting the new   set a values from the route can occur while all oif values are zeroed   (where accumulation of new values from subsequent Joins cause   repopulation of values and a new max/min/count can be reevaluated for   the route).6.  Caveats   This specification requires each router on a multicast distribution   tree to support this specification or else the accounting attributes   for the tree will not be known.   However, if there is a contiguous set of routers downstream in the   distribution tree, they can maintain accounting information for the   sub-tree.   If there is a set of contiguous routers supporting this specification   upstream on the multicast distribution tree, accounting information   will be available, but it will not represent an accurate assessment   of the entire tree.  Also, it will not be clear how much of the   distribution tree the accounting information covers.7.  IANA Considerations   A new PIM-Hello Option type, 29, has been assigned by IANA.  Although   the length is specified as 0 in this specification, non-zero length   is allowed, so IANA has listed the length as being variable.   A new PIM Join Attribute type, 3, has been assigned by IANA.8.  Security Considerations   The use of this specification requires some additional processing of   PIM Join/Prune messages.  However, the additional amount of   processing is fairly limited, so this is not believed to be a   significant concern.Farinacci, et al.             Experimental                     [Page 13]

RFC 6807           Population Count Extensions to PIM      December 2012   The use of this mechanism includes information like the number of   receivers.  This information is assumed to not be of a sensitive   nature.  If an operator has concerns about revealing this information   to upstream routers or other routers/hosts that may potentially   inspect this information, there should be a way to disable the   mechanism or, alternatively, more detailed control of what   information to include.9.  Acknowledgments   The authors would like to thank John Zwiebel, Amit Jain, and Clayton   Wagar for their review comments on the initial versions of this   document.  Adrian Farrel did a detailed review of the document and   proposed textual changes that have been incorporated.  Further review   and comments were provided by Thomas Morin and Zhaohui (Jeffrey)   Zhang.10.  References10.1.  Normative References   [RFC2119]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate              Requirement Levels",BCP 14,RFC 2119, March 1997.   [RFC4601]  Fenner, B., Handley, M., Holbrook, H., and I. Kouvelas,              "Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM):              Protocol Specification (Revised)",RFC 4601, August 2006.   [RFC5015]  Handley, M., Kouvelas, I., Speakman, T., and L. Vicisano,              "Bidirectional Protocol Independent Multicast (BIDIR-              PIM)",RFC 5015, October 2007.   [RFC5384]  Boers, A., Wijnands, I., and E. Rosen, "The Protocol              Independent Multicast (PIM) Join Attribute Format",RFC 5384, November 2008.10.2.  Informative References   [AMT]      Bumgardner, G.,"Automatic Multicast Tunneling", Work              in Progress, June 2012.   [PIM-REG]  IANA, "Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) Parameters",              <http://www.iana.org/assignments/pim-parameters>.Farinacci, et al.             Experimental                     [Page 14]

RFC 6807           Population Count Extensions to PIM      December 2012Authors' Addresses   Dino Farinacci   Cisco Systems   Tasman Drive   San Jose, CA  95134   USA   EMail: dino@cisco.com   Greg Shepherd   Cisco Systems   Tasman Drive   San Jose, CA  95134   USA   EMail: gjshep@gmail.com   Stig Venaas   Cisco Systems   Tasman Drive   San Jose, CA  95134   USA   EMail: stig@cisco.com   Yiqun Cai   Microsoft   1065 La Avenida   Mountain View, CA  94043   USA   EMail: yiqunc@microsoft.comFarinacci, et al.             Experimental                     [Page 15]

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