[rfc-dist] RFC 4609 on Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM) Multicast Routing Security Issues and Enhancements

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        RFC 4609

        Title:      Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse 
                    Mode (PIM-SM) Multicast Routing Security Issues 
                    and Enhancements 
        Author:     P. Savola, R. Lehtonen,
                    D. Meyer
        Status:     Informational
        Date:       October 2006
        Mailbox:    psavola at funet.fi, 
                    rami.lehtonen at teliasonera.com, 
                    dmm at 1-4-5.net
        Pages:      23
        Characters: 49812
        Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso:   None

        I-D Tag:    draft-ietf-mboned-mroutesec-04.txt

        URL:        http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc4609.txt

This memo describes security threats for the larger (intra-domain or
inter-domain) multicast routing infrastructures.  Only Protocol
Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM) is analyzed, in its
three main operational modes: the traditional Any-Source Multicast
(ASM) model, the source-specific multicast (SSM) model, and the ASM
model enhanced by the Embedded Rendezvous Point (Embedded-RP)
group-to-RP mapping mechanism.  This memo also describes enhancements
to the protocol operations that mitigate the identified threats.  This 
memo provides information for the Internet community.

This document is a product of the MBONE Deployment
Working Group of the IETF.


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