RFC 9436: 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…

Read RFC 9436 on the RFC Editor

Outgoing relationships (11 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 8736: PIM Message Type Space Extension and Reserved Bits
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
Informative reference — RFC 6166: A Registry for PIM Message Types