I-D Action: draft-ietf-pim-gaap-21.txt

Internet-Draft draft-ietf-pim-gaap-21.txt is now available. It is a work item
of the Protocols for IP Multicast (PIM) WG of the IETF.

   Title:   Group Address Allocation Protocol (GAAP)
   Authors: Dino Farinacci
            Mike McBride
   Name:    draft-ietf-pim-gaap-21.txt
   Pages:   34
   Dates:   2026-08-31

Abstract:

   This document describes a design for a lightweight decentralized
   multicast group address allocation protocol (named GAAP and
   pronounced "gap" as in "mind the gap").  GAAP requires no centralized
   service or coordination for the address-allocation protocol itself,
   though it depends on ASM-capable multicast routing already being
   provisioned in the deployment domain, and deployments using
   encryption or administrative scoping may require additional
   configuration.  The protocol runs among group participants which need
   a unique group address to send and receive multicast packets.
   Tailored for IPv4 and IPv6 networks, this design offers a simple,
   lightweight option rather than extending an existing protocol.  This
   document is Experimental, see Section 8 for the rationale and the
   criteria for concluding the experiment.

The IETF datatracker status page for this Internet-Draft is:
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-pim-gaap/

There is also an HTMLized version available at:
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-pim-gaap-21

A diff from the previous version is available at:
https://author-tools.ietf.org/iddiff?url2=draft-ietf-pim-gaap-21

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rsync.ietf.org::internet-drafts


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