{
  "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": [
    "TEXT",
    "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 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 accommodate source-specific multicast.  This document updates the IGMPv3 and MLDv2 specifications. [STANDARDS-TRACK]",
  "pub_date": "August 2006",
  "keywords": [
    "ssm"
  ],
  "obsoletes": [],
  "obsoleted_by": [],
  "updates": [
    "RFC3376",
    "RFC3810"
  ],
  "updated_by": [],
  "see_also": [],
  "doi": "10.17487/RFC4604",
  "errata_url": null
}