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The Use of SNTP as a Multicast Heartbeat
draft-ietf-mboned-sntp-heart-00

Document Type Expired Internet-Draft (mboned WG)
Expired & archived
Authors Dr. Bernard D. Aboba , Thomas Pfenning
Last updated 1996-10-28 (Latest revision 1996-10-24)
RFC stream Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
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Abstract

This document describes how the Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP) can be used to provide a multicast heartbeat. Given the current state of the art in multicast diagnostics, use of a heartbeat may prove a useful diagnostic tool for operators as well as for applications developers. Operators may use the heartbeat to alert themselves to losses of multicast connectivity in portions of the network. Applications developers may use the heartbeat to determine whether to enable multicast features or to default to unicast operation. While it is likely that better diagnostic methods will become available in the long term, given the current state of the art, SNTP may be usefully employed as a multicast hearbeat.

Authors

Dr. Bernard D. Aboba
Thomas Pfenning

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