{
  "number": 3618,
  "title": "Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP)",
  "authors": [
    "B. Fenner, Ed.",
    "D. Meyer, Ed."
  ],
  "published": "2003-10",
  "status": "Experimental",
  "stream": "IETF",
  "area": "rtg",
  "working_group": "msdp",
  "pages": 19,
  "formats": [
    "TXT",
    "HTML"
  ],
  "abstract": "The Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP) describes a mechanism to connect multiple IP Version 4 Protocol Independent Multicast Sparse-Mode (PIM-SM) domains together. Each PIM-SM domain uses its own independent Rendezvous Point (RP) and does not have to depend on RPs in other domains. This document reflects existing MSDP implementations.",
  "keywords": [
    "MSDP",
    "Multicast Source Discovery Protocol",
    "ipv4",
    "pim-sm",
    "independent multicast",
    "sparse-mode",
    "rp",
    "rendezvous point"
  ],
  "draft": "draft-ietf-msdp-spec-20",
  "doi": "10.17487/RFC3618",
  "urls": {
    "html": "https://rfc.dk/rfc3618/",
    "text": "https://rfc.dk/rfc3618.txt",
    "rfc_editor": "https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3618",
    "datatracker": "https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc3618/"
  },
  "text_modified": "2003-10-17T18:20:59Z"
}