All things related to multicast

[Magnus Danielson <>]

From: Jon Crowcroft 
<>
Subject: Re: MSDP Storm
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 15:36:06 +0000

Jon,

> 
> In message 
> <>,
>  Magnus Danielson typed:
> 
>  >>IMHO Mboned is the correct IETF WG for such a BCP. I just didn't imply 
> the WG
>  >>to do the BCP in question.
> 
> non serious:
> 
> until we get bidir pim and v6 and remove the need for msdp, best
> common practice, at least according to many (but not all) ISPs, 
> outside of shared media domains (lans,
> wireless, satellite, pure optical cores), appears to be not to use 
> multicast :-)

Certainly, certainly... why in the heavens would such a complex system which 
is
potentially hitting on all core routes while having most questionable user
implications be deployed?

Serious side:

If more people knew about it and actually used it, we just might have better
a better situation. Dreams, dreams, dreams...

> aside:
> 
> would be neat if someone wrote an RTSP/IGMP gateway...

Do you volonteer?

(Allways ask someone who proposes some work ;)

Cheers,
Magnus