{"draft":"draft-ietf-ssm-overview-05","doc_id":"RFC3569","title":" An Overview of Source-Specific Multicast (SSM) ","authors":["S. Bhattacharyya, Ed."],"format":["ASCII","HTML"],"page_count":"14","pub_status":"INFORMATIONAL","status":"INFORMATIONAL","source":"Source-Specific Multicast","abstract":" The purpose of this document is to provide an overview of Source-Specific Multicast (SSM) and issues related to its deployment. It discusses how the SSM service model addresses the challenges faced in inter-domain multicast deployment, changes needed to routing protocols and applications to deploy SSM and interoperability issues with current multicast service models.  This memo provides information for the Internet community.  ","pub_date":"June 2003","keywords":["routing applications","deployment interoperability"],"obsoletes":[],"obsoleted_by":[],"updates":[],"updated_by":[],"see_also":[],"doi":"10.17487\/RFC3569","errata_url":null}