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["Michael H. Lambert" <>]

> As for the value of ASM, it certainly has a niche.  The point though
> is to separate ASM from MSDP and come up with some additional options.
> 'Cause right now, ASM using MSDP stinks.  So maybe that second option
> moves the source discovery functionality out of the network.

I've heard it said that there won't be any MSDP for IPv6--we just have to 
wait for BGMP.  Given that, SSM is at least technically attainable in the 
near-term.  I've only skimmed the BGMP protocol draft, but I gather it 
isn't that close to being implementable.

Michael