idnits 2.17.1 draft-ietf-mboned-mcast-apps-02.txt: Skipping this file; it looks like a tombstone file to me. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries. 3 RFC 3170 5 Title: IP Multicast Applications: 6 Challenges and Solutions 7 Author(s): B. Quinn, K. Almeroth 8 Status: Informational 9 Date: September 2001 10 Mailbox: bquinn@celoxnetworks.com, almeroth@cs.ucsb.edu 11 Pages: 29 12 Characters: 67207 13 Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso: None 15 I-D Tag: draft-ietf-mboned-mcast-apps-02.txt 17 URL: ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc3170.txt 19 This document describes the challenges involved with designing and 20 implementing multicast applications. It is an introductory guide for 21 application developers that highlights the unique considerations of 22 multicast applications as compared to unicast applications. 24 To this end, the document presents a taxonomy of multicast 25 application I/O models and examples of the services they can support. 26 It then describes the service requirements of these multicast 27 applications, and the recent and ongoing efforts to build protocol 28 solutions to support these services. 30 This document is a product of the MBONE Deployment Working Group of 31 the IETF. 33 This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does 34 not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this 35 memo is unlimited. 37 This announcement is sent to the IETF list and the RFC-DIST list. 38 Requests to be added to or deleted from the IETF distribution list 39 should be sent to IETF-REQUEST@IETF.ORG. Requests to be 40 added to or deleted from the RFC-DIST distribution list should 41 be sent to RFC-DIST-REQUEST@RFC-EDITOR.ORG. 43 Details on obtaining RFCs via FTP or EMAIL may be obtained by sending 44 an EMAIL message to rfc-info@RFC-EDITOR.ORG with the message body 45 help: ways_to_get_rfcs. For example: 47 To: rfc-info@RFC-EDITOR.ORG 48 Subject: getting rfcs 50 help: ways_to_get_rfcs 52 Requests for special distribution should be addressed to either the 53 author of the RFC in question, or to RFC-Manager@RFC-EDITOR.ORG. Unless 54 specifically noted otherwise on the RFC itself, all RFCs are for 55 unlimited distribution.echo 56 Submissions for Requests for Comments should be sent to 57 RFC-EDITOR@RFC-EDITOR.ORG. Please consult RFC 2223, Instructions to RFC 58 Authors, for further information.