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INFORMATIONAL

Authors:

P. Savola
R. Lehtonen
D. Meyer

Stream:

IETF

Source:

mboned (ops)

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DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC4609

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Abstract

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.

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