{"draft":"draft-ietf-mboned-mcast-firewall-02","doc_id":"RFC2588","title":" IP Multicast and Firewalls ","authors":["R. Finlayson"],"format":["ASCII","HTML"],"page_count":"12","pub_status":"INFORMATIONAL","status":"INFORMATIONAL","source":"MBONE Deployment","abstract":" In this document, we discuss the issues surrounding the traversal of IP multicast traffic across a firewall, and describe possible ways in which a firewall can implement and control this traversal.  We also explain why some firewall mechanisms - such as SOCKS - that were designed specifically for unicast traffic, are less appropriate for multicast. This memo provides information for the Internet community.  ","pub_date":"April 1999","keywords":["Internet","Protocol","security","gateway","traffic"],"obsoletes":[],"obsoleted_by":[],"updates":[],"updated_by":[],"see_also":[],"doi":"10.17487\/RFC2588","errata_url":null}