All things related to multicast

[Tom Pusateri <>]

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 you write:
>>> There is an alternative solution for the PIM Register processing,
>>> and the (S,G) state between the RP and the first-hop routers for
>>> each sender:
>
>    Another alternative is to not have your RP join back to the source,
>    either unconditionally or when there is no group state for the the group
>    the Register is sent for.
>
>    A tradeoff between state and packet forwarding rates.
>
>Dino

But this doesn't stop the register state or the (S,G) forwarding state,
just the PIM (S,G) state. I don't think this amounts to much savings.

Tom