RFC 8736: PIM Message Type Space Extension and Reserved Bits

The PIM version 2 messages share a common message header format. The common header definition contains eight reserved bits. This document specifies how these…

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Outgoing relationships (10 related RFCs)

Updates, Normative reference — RFC 7761: Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM): Protocol Specification (Revised)
Updates, Informative reference — RFC 5015: Bidirectional Protocol Independent Multicast (BIDIR-PIM)
Updates, Informative reference — RFC 3973: Protocol Independent Multicast - Dense Mode (PIM-DM): Protocol Specification (Revised)
Updates, Informative reference — RFC 5059: Bootstrap Router (BSR) Mechanism for Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM)
Updates, Informative reference — RFC 6754: Protocol Independent Multicast Equal-Cost Multipath (ECMP) Redirect
Updates, Informative reference — RFC 8364: PIM Flooding Mechanism (PFM) and Source Discovery (SD)
Obsoletes, Informative reference — RFC 6166: A Registry for PIM Message Types
Normative reference — RFC 2119: Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels
Normative reference — RFC 8174: Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC 2119 Key Words
Normative reference — RFC 8126: Guidelines for Writing an IANA Considerations Section in RFCs

Incoming relationships (1 related RFC)

Obsoleted by, Informatively referenced by — RFC 9436: PIM Message Type Space Extension and Reserved Bits