{"draft":"draft-ietf-mboned-ssmping-09","doc_id":"RFC6450","title":"Multicast Ping Protocol","authors":["S. Venaas"],"format":["ASCII","HTML"],"page_count":"24","pub_status":"PROPOSED STANDARD","status":"PROPOSED STANDARD","source":"MBONE Deployment","abstract":"The Multicast Ping Protocol specified in this document allows for\r\nchecking whether an endpoint can receive multicast -- both\r\nSource-Specific Multicast (SSM) and Any-Source Multicast (ASM).\r\nIt can also be used to obtain additional multicast-related\r\ninformation, such as multicast tree setup time.  This protocol is\r\nbased on an implementation of tools called \"ssmping\" and \"asmping\". \r\n[STANDARDS-TRACK]","pub_date":"December 2011","keywords":["[--------]","ssm","asm","ssmping","asmping"],"obsoletes":[],"obsoleted_by":[],"updates":[],"updated_by":[],"see_also":[],"doi":"10.17487\/RFC6450","errata_url":null}