Multicast
required reading:
RFCs
- RFC
1112 - Host extensions for IP multicasting
- RFC
2357 - IETF Criteria for Evaluating Reliable Multicast Transport
and Application Protocols
- RFC
3376 - Internet Group Management Protocol, Version 3 - Sections 1-6
- RFC
3569 - An Overview of Source-Specific Multicast (SSM)
- RFC
3810 - Multicast Listener Discovery Version 2 (MLDv2) for IPv6
- RFC
4601 - Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM):
Protocol Specification (Revised) -sections
1-3
optional reading:
RFCs that may be of interest
- RFC
1584 - Multicast Extensions to OSPF
- RFC
3973 -Protocol Independent Multicast - Dense Mode (PIM-DM):
Protocol Specification (Revised)