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RFC 4601: Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM): Protocol Specification (Revised)

Summary

RFC 4601: Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM): Protocol Specification (Revised) is a Request for Comments[1].

Key Facts

  • RFC 4601: Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM): Protocol Specification (Revised) authored Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM): Protocol Specification (Revised) — author (P50): Mark Handley[2].
  • RFC 4601: Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM): Protocol Specification (Revised) authored Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM): Protocol Specification (Revised) — author (P50): Bill Fenner[3].
  • RFC 4601: Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM): Protocol Specification (Revised)'s instance of is recorded as Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM): Protocol Specification (Revised) — instance of (P31): Request for Comments[4].
  • RFC 4601: Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM): Protocol Specification (Revised)'s publisher is recorded as Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM): Protocol Specification (Revised) — publisher (P123): Internet Engineering Task Force[5].
  • RFC 4601: Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM): Protocol Specification (Revised)'s DOI is recorded as 10.17487/RFC4601[6].
  • RFC 4601: Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM): Protocol Specification (Revised)'s language of work or name is recorded as Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM): Protocol Specification (Revised) — language of work or name (P407): English[7].
  • RFC 4601: Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM): Protocol Specification (Revised)'s publication date is recorded as +2006-08-01T00:00:00Z[8].
  • RFC 4601: Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM): Protocol Specification (Revised)'s RfC ID is recorded as 4601[9].
  • RFC 4601: Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM): Protocol Specification (Revised)'s work available at URL is recorded as https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4601[10].
  • RFC 4601: Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM): Protocol Specification (Revised)'s work available at URL is recorded as https://tools.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4601.txt[11].
  • RFC 4601: Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM): Protocol Specification (Revised)'s work available at URL is recorded as https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc4601.txt[12].
  • RFC 4601: Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM): Protocol Specification (Revised)'s work available at URL is recorded as https://www.rfc-editor.org/pdfrfc/rfc4601.txt.pdf[13].
  • RFC 4601: Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM): Protocol Specification (Revised)'s work available at URL is recorded as https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc4601.pdf[14].
  • RFC 4601: Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM): Protocol Specification (Revised)'s number of pages is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+150'}[15].
  • RFC 4601: Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM): Protocol Specification (Revised)'s replaces is recorded as Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM): Protocol Specification (Revised) — replaces (P1365): RFC 2362: Protocol Independent Multicast-Sparse Mode (PIM-SM): Protocol Specification[16].
  • RFC 4601: Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM): Protocol Specification (Revised)'s replaced by is recorded as Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM): Protocol Specification (Revised) — replaced by (P1366): RFC 7761: Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM): Protocol Specification (Revised)[17].
  • RFC 4601: Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM): Protocol Specification (Revised)'s title is recorded as Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM): Protocol Specification (Revised)[18].
  • RFC 4601: Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM): Protocol Specification (Revised)'s author name string is recorded as H. Holbrook[19].
  • RFC 4601: Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM): Protocol Specification (Revised)'s author name string is recorded as I. Kouvelas[20].
  • RFC 4601: Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM): Protocol Specification (Revised)'s amended by is recorded as Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM): Protocol Specification (Revised) — amended by (P2567): RFC 5059: Bootstrap Router (BSR) Mechanism for Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM)[21].
  • RFC 4601: Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM): Protocol Specification (Revised)'s amended by is recorded as Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM): Protocol Specification (Revised) — amended by (P2567): RFC 5796: Authentication and Confidentiality in Protocol Independent Multicast Sparse Mode (PIM-SM) Link-Local Messages[22].
  • RFC 4601: Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM): Protocol Specification (Revised)'s amended by is recorded as Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM): Protocol Specification (Revised) — amended by (P2567): RFC 6226: PIM Group-to-Rendezvous-Point Mapping[23].
  • RFC 4601: Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM): Protocol Specification (Revised)'s DBLP publication ID is recorded as journals/rfc/rfc4601[24].

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Designation and Status

RFC 4601: Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM): Protocol Specification (Revised)'s instance of is recorded as Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM): Protocol Specification (Revised) — instance of (P31): Request for Comments[4].

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  23. [24] ↑ . DBLP Dataset 2021-01-02. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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