Bootstrap Router (BSR) Mechanism for Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM)
draft-ietf-pim-sm-bsr-12

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From: The IESG <iesg-secretary@ietf.org>
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Cc: Internet Architecture Board <iab@iab.org>,
    RFC Editor <rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org>, 
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Subject: Protocol Action: 'Bootstrap Router (BSR) Mechanism for 
         PIM' to Proposed Standard 

The IESG has approved the following document:

- 'Bootstrap Router (BSR) Mechanism for PIM '
   <draft-ietf-pim-sm-bsr-13.txt> as a Proposed Standard

This document is the product of the Protocol Independent Multicast 
Working Group. 

The IESG contact persons are David Ward and Ross Callon.

A URL of this Internet-Draft is:
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-pim-sm-bsr-13.txt

Ballot Text

Technical Summary
 
     This document specifies the Bootstrap Router (BSR) mechanism
     for the class of multicast routing protocols in the PIM
     (Protocol Independent Multicast) family that use the concept
     of a Rendezvous Point as a means for receivers to discover the
     sources that send to a particular multicast group.  BSR is one
     way that a multicast router can learn the set of group-to-RP
     mappings required in order to function.  The mechanism is
     dynamic, largely self-configuring, and robust to router
     failure.
 
Working Group Summary
 
  The Working Group had consensus to advance this document.
 
Protocol Quality
 
 Bill Fenner reviewed this spec for the IESG.  While Bill was a listed
 author of versions -00 through -03 of this document, that was
 a legacy of splitting this document from the PIM-SM spec.

RFC Editor Note