Protocols for IP Multicast (pim)
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12 pages
draft-ietf-pim-evpn-multicast-yang-05
Yang Data Model for EVPN multicast |
2026-02-24
Expires soon |
I-D Exists
WG Document |
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11 pages
draft-ietf-pim-flex-algo-00
Multi-Topology in PIM |
2026-03-15 |
I-D Exists
WG Document |
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21 pages
draft-ietf-pim-igmp-mld-snooping-yang-l2vpn-ext-08
IGMP and MLD Snooping Yang Module Extension for L2VPN |
2026-03-15 |
I-D Exists
WG Document |
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28 pages
draft-ietf-pim-multicast-lessons-learned-09
Multicast Lessons Learned from Decades of Deployment Experience |
2026-07-06 |
I-D Exists
WG Document Jun 2025 |
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12 pages
draft-ietf-pim-multipath-igmpmldproxy-04
Multipath Support for IGMP/MLD Proxy |
2026-04-22 |
I-D Exists
WG Document |
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54 pages
draft-ietf-pim-rfc1112bis-09
Host Extensions for IP Multicasting and "Any Source Multicasting" (ASM) IP service |
2026-06-11 |
I-D Exists
WG Document : Internet Standard Reviews: tsvart Early secdir Early iotdir Early intdir Early rtgdir Early |
Stig Venaas |
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12 pages
draft-ietf-pim-rfc8059-9798bis-01
PIM Join Attributes for Locator/ID Separation Protocol (LISP) Environments |
2026-03-14 |
I-D Exists
WG Document |
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| Active with the IESG Internet-Drafts (3 hits) | |||||
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29 pages
draft-ietf-pim-gaap-20
Group Address Allocation Protocol (GAAP) |
2026-08-14
New
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Waiting for AD Go-Ahead::Revised I-D Needed
Submitted to IESG for Publication : Experimental Reviews: tsvart IETF Last Call rtgdir IETF Last Call opsdir IETF Last Call secdir IETF Last Call genart IETF Last Call artart IETF Last Call intdir Early rtgdir Early Jun 2025 Action Holders: Dino Farinacci , Mike McBride |
Gunter Van de Velde
Stig Venaas |
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11 pages
draft-ietf-pim-ipv6-zeroconf-assignment-10
Zero-Configuration Assignment of IPv6 Multicast Addresses Using mDNS |
2026-04-02 |
AD Evaluation::Revised I-D Needed
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Submitted to IESG for Publication : Proposed Standard Reviews: rtgdir Early intdir Early dnsdir Early Action Holders: Nathan Karstens 59, Dino Farinacci 59, Mike McBride 59 |
Gunter Van de Velde
Stig Venaas |
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13 pages
draft-ietf-pim-pfm-forwarding-enhancements-07
PIM Flooding Mechanism and Source Discovery Enhancements |
2026-07-06 |
RFC Ed Queue
: Blocked
Submitted to IESG for Publication : Experimental Reviews: rtgdir secdir IETF Last Call genart IETF Last Call |
Gunter Van de Velde
Mike McBride |
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| Expired Internet-Drafts (16 hits) | |||||
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10 pages
draft-ietf-pim-bdr-03
PIM Backup Designated Router Procedure |
2025-07-03 |
Expired
WG Document |
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10 pages
draft-ietf-pim-deterministic-ecmp-00
Deterministic Upstream Neighbor Selection for PIM Joins |
2025-05-08 |
Expired
WG Document |
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13 pages
draft-ietf-pim-dr-improvement-15
Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM) Designated Router (DR) Improvement |
2025-08-15 |
Expired
WG Document : Proposed Standard |
2 |
Alvaro Retana
Stig Venaas |
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11 pages
draft-ietf-pim-explicit-tracking-13
IGMP/MLD-Based Explicit Membership Tracking Function for Multicast Routers |
2015-11-01 |
Expired
WG Document : Proposed Standard Reviews: genart secdir opsdir secdir IETF Last Call |
Alvaro Retana
Stig Venaas |
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3 pages
draft-ietf-pim-hello-genid-01
PIM Neighbor Hello GenId Option |
1999-06-22 |
Expired
WG Document |
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13 pages
draft-ietf-pim-igmp-mld-wireless-mobile-00
IGMP/MLD Optimizations in Wireless and Mobile Networks |
2013-08-27 |
Expired
WG Document |
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5 pages
draft-ietf-pim-ipv4-prefix-over-ipv6-nh-02
Use of PIM Address List Hello across address families |
2018-05-01 |
Expired
WG Document |
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5 pages
draft-ietf-pim-ipv6-04
Protocol Independent Multicast Routing in the Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) |
2000-03-15 |
Expired
WG Document |
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10 pages
draft-ietf-pim-multicast-over-srv6-00
Multicast over SRv6 networks |
2026-02-03 |
Expired
WG Document |
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14 pages
draft-ietf-pim-multiple-upstreams-reqs-08
Requirements for the extension of the IGMP/MLD proxy functionality to support multiple upstream interfaces |
2018-11-09 |
Expired
Submitted to IESG for Publication : Informational |
Alvaro Retana
Stig Venaas |
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7 pages
draft-ietf-pim-proxy-00
Format for using PIM proxies |
2005-02-15 |
Expired
WG Document |
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10 pages
draft-ietf-pim-refresh-02
State Refresh in PIM-DM |
2000-11-28 |
Expired
WG Document |
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8 pages
draft-ietf-pim-simplekmp-02
Simple Key Management Protocol for PIM |
2000-02-23 |
Expired
WG Document |
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4 pages
draft-ietf-pim-v2-auth-01
Authenticating PIM version 2 messages |
2000-07-19 |
Expired
WG Document |
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18 pages
draft-ietf-pim-v2-dm-03
Protocol Independent Multicast Version 2 Dense Mode Specification |
1999-06-08 |
Expired
WG Document |
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65 pages
draft-ietf-pim-v2-sm-01
Protocol Independent Multicast-Sparse Mode (PIM-SM): Protocol Specification |
1999-12-01 |
Expired
WG Document |
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| RFCs (47 hits) | |||||
| 61 pages | 2005-01 |
Experimental RFC
Updated by rfc8736, rfc9436 |
Alex D. Zinin
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| 150 pages | 2006-08 |
Proposed Standard RFC
Obsoleted by rfc7761 Updated by rfc5059, rfc5796, rfc6226 |
Alex D. Zinin
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8 pages
RFC 4602
Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM) IETF Proposed Standard Requirements Analysis |
2006-08 | Informational RFC |
Alex D. Zinin
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12 pages
RFC 4610
Anycast-RP Using Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) |
2006-08 | Proposed Standard RFC |
Bill Fenner
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| 43 pages | 2007-10 |
Proposed Standard RFC
Updated by rfc8736, rfc9436 |
Bill Fenner
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| 42 pages | 2008-01 |
Proposed Standard RFC
Updated by rfc8736, rfc9436 |
David Ward
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| 90 pages | 2008-01 | Proposed Standard RFC |
Bill Fenner
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| 23 pages | 2008-06 | Proposed Standard RFC |
David Ward
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12 pages
RFC 5294
Host Threats to Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) |
2008-08 | Informational RFC |
David Ward
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| 10 pages | 2008-11 |
Proposed Standard RFC
Updated by rfc7887 |
David Ward
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| 8 pages | 2009-03 | Proposed Standard RFC |
David Ward
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21 pages
RFC 5796
Authentication and Confidentiality in Protocol Independent Multicast Sparse Mode (PIM-SM) Link-Local Messages |
2010-03 | Proposed Standard RFC |
Adrian Farrel
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4 pages
RFC 6166
A Registry for PIM Message Types |
2011-04 |
Proposed Standard RFC
Obsoleted by rfc8736 |
Adrian Farrel
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11 pages
RFC 6226
PIM Group-to-Rendezvous-Point Mapping |
2011-05 | Proposed Standard RFC |
Adrian Farrel
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6 pages
RFC 6395
An Interface Identifier (ID) Hello Option for PIM |
2011-10 | Proposed Standard RFC |
Adrian Farrel
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13 pages
RFC 6420
PIM Multi-Topology ID (MT-ID) Join Attribute |
2011-11 | Proposed Standard RFC |
Adrian Farrel
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29 pages
RFC 6559
A Reliable Transport Mechanism for PIM |
2012-03 | Experimental RFC |
Adrian Farrel
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12 pages
RFC 6754
Protocol Independent Multicast Equal-Cost Multipath (ECMP) Redirect |
2012-10 |
Proposed Standard RFC
Updated by rfc8736, rfc9436 |
Adrian Farrel
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15 pages
RFC 6807
Population Count Extensions to Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) |
2012-12 | Experimental RFC |
Adrian Farrel
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12 pages
RFC 7063
Survey Report on Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM) Implementations and Deployments |
2013-12 | Informational RFC |
Adrian Farrel
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| 137 pages | 2016-03 |
Internet Standard RFC
Updated by rfc8736, rfc9436 Also known as STD 83 |
Alvaro Retana
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8 pages
RFC 7887
Hierarchical Join/Prune Attributes |
2016-06 | Proposed Standard RFC |
Alvaro Retana
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9 pages
RFC 7891
Explicit Reverse Path Forwarding (RPF) Vector |
2016-06 | Proposed Standard RFC |
Alvaro Retana
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| 9 pages | 2017-01 |
Experimental RFC
Updated by rfc9798 |
Alvaro Retana
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| 18 pages | 2018-03 |
Experimental RFC
Updated by rfc8736, rfc9436 |
Alvaro Retana
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45 pages
RFC 8652
A YANG Data Model for the Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) and Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) |
2019-11 | Proposed Standard RFC |
Alvaro Retana
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8 pages
RFC 8736
PIM Message Type Space Extension and Reserved Bits |
2020-02 |
Proposed Standard RFC
Obsoleted by rfc9436 |
Deborah Brungard
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18 pages
RFC 8775
PIM Designated Router Load Balancing |
2020-04 | Proposed Standard RFC |
Alvaro Retana
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37 pages
RFC 8916
A YANG Data Model for the Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP) |
2020-10 | Proposed Standard RFC |
Alvaro Retana
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92 pages
RFC 9128
YANG Data Model for Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) |
2022-10 | Proposed Standard RFC |
Alvaro Retana
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37 pages
RFC 9166
A YANG Data Model for Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) and Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) Snooping |
2022-02 | Proposed Standard RFC |
Alvaro Retana
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7 pages
RFC 9186
Fast Failover in Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM) Using Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) for Multipoint Networks |
2022-01 | Proposed Standard RFC |
Alvaro Retana
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12 pages
RFC 9279
Internet Group Management Protocol Version 3 (IGMPv3) and Multicast Listener Discovery Version 2 (MLDv2) Message Extension |
2022-08 | Proposed Standard RFC |
Alvaro Retana
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20 pages
RFC 9398
A YANG Data Model for Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) and Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) Proxy Devices |
2023-05 | Proposed Standard RFC |
Alvaro Retana
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7 pages
RFC 9436
PIM Message Type Space Extension and Reserved Bits |
2023-08 | Proposed Standard RFC |
Jim Guichard
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9 pages
RFC 9465
PIM Null-Register Packing |
2023-09 | Proposed Standard RFC |
Alvaro Retana
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20 pages
RFC 9466
PIM Assert Message Packing |
2023-10 | Proposed Standard RFC |
Alvaro Retana
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9 pages
RFC 9739
Protocol Independent Multicast Light (PIM Light) |
2025-03 | Proposed Standard RFC |
Gunter Van de Velde
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48 pages
RFC 9776
Internet Group Management Protocol, Version 3 |
2025-03 |
Internet Standard RFC
Also known as STD 100 |
Gunter Van de Velde
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56 pages
RFC 9777
Multicast Listener Discovery Version 2 (MLDv2) for IPv6 |
2025-03 |
Internet Standard RFC
Also known as STD 101 |
Gunter Van de Velde
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6 pages
RFC 9778
IANA Considerations for Internet Group Management Protocols |
2025-03 |
Best Current Practice RFC
Also known as BCP 57 |
Gunter Van de Velde
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6 pages
RFC 9798
PIM Join/Prune Attributes for Locator/ID Separation Protocol (LISP) Environments Using Underlay Multicast |
2025-06 | Experimental RFC |
Gunter Van de Velde
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14 pages
RFC 9860
Multicast-Only Fast Reroute (MoFRR) Based on Topology Independent Loop-Free Alternate (TI-LFA) Fast Reroute |
2025-10 | Informational RFC |
Gunter Van de Velde
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24 pages
RFC 9960
Segment Routing Point-to-Multipoint Policy |
2026-04 | Proposed Standard RFC |
Gunter Van de Velde
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9 pages
RFC 9961
MPLS Segment Routing Point-to-Multipoint (P2MP) Policy Ping |
2026-04 | Proposed Standard RFC |
Gunter Van de Velde
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9 pages
RFC 10019
Zeroconf Multicast Address Allocation Problem Statement and Requirements |
2026-07 | Informational RFC |
Gunter Van de Velde
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6 pages
RFC 10028
Updates to Dynamic IPv6 Multicast Address Group IDs |
2026-08
New
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Proposed Standard RFC |
Gunter Van de Velde
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13 pages
draft-contreras-pim-eco-mode-01
IGMP / MLD Extension for Signaling Eco-Mode |
2026-07-06 | I-D Exists |
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8 pages
draft-liu-pim-rpf-vector-conflict-resolution-03
PIM Reverse Path Forwarding (RPF) Vector Conflict Resolution |
2026-07-01 | I-D Exists |
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5 pages
draft-mankamana-pim-mofrr-failure-detection-00
MoFRR Path Liveness for Network Failures |
2026-07-20 | I-D Exists |
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4 pages
draft-mankamana-pim-source-discovery-00
PIM Source Discovery for ASM Deployments |
2026-07-20 | I-D Exists |
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4 pages
draft-mankamana-pim-source-fanout-trace-00
PIM Source Fanout Trace for multicast flow |
2026-07-20 | I-D Exists |
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6 pages
draft-venaas-pim-ipv4-in-ipv6-core-01
Native IPv4 multicast in IPv6 Core using PIM |
2026-07-06 | I-D Exists |
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11 pages
draft-xz-pim-flex-algo-07
Multi-Topology in PIM |
2026-02-26
Expires soon |
I-D Exists | 1 |
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12 pages
draft-zcl-pim-multiif-igmp-mld-proxy-yang-03
YANG Data Model for supporting multipath IGMP/MLD proxies |
2026-06-22 | I-D Exists |
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