{"draft":" draft-ietf-pim-dm-new-v2-05","doc_id":"RFC3973","title":" Protocol Independent Multicast - Dense Mode (PIM-DM): Protocol Specification (Revised) ","authors":["A. Adams","J. Nicholas","W. Siadak"],"format":["ASCII","HTML"],"page_count":"61","pub_status":"EXPERIMENTAL","status":"EXPERIMENTAL","source":"Protocols for IP Multicast","abstract":" This document specifies Protocol Independent Multicast - Dense Mode (PIM-DM).  PIM-DM is a multicast routing protocol that uses the underlying unicast routing information base to flood multicast datagrams to all multicast routers.  Prune messages are used to prevent future messages from propagating to routers without group membership information.  This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community. ","pub_date":"December 2004","keywords":["multicast routing protocol","prune messages"],"obsoletes":[],"obsoleted_by":[],"updates":[],"updated_by":["RFC8736","RFC9436"],"see_also":[],"doi":"10.17487\/RFC3973","errata_url":"https:\/\/www.rfc-editor.org\/errata\/rfc3973"}