Re: SSM vs MSDP (was: IP Multicasting)

[Marshall Eubanks <tme () 21rst-century com>]

Hank Nussbacher wrote:
> At 10:40 03/01/01 -0500, Marshall Eubanks wrote:
>
> > You left out that SAP/SDR will not support SSM. There has been a big
> > argument about this in the SSM
> > IETF WG. The consensus is that source info will be communicated out of
> > band (i.e., web pages).
> > As usual, I take the minority viewpoint. I think that SSM will NEED
> > something like SAP.
> > Just think about doing a beacon project where beacons can join at will -
> > how would you know in SSM ?
> > I think that there sorts of consideration will lead to a re-inventing of
> > the SAP wheel in some scalable fashion.
>
> IPmc requires many debugging tools, builtin to the native router, to make
> it all work.  Without sap/sdr capabilities, SSM will never take
> off.  Having all the web pages out there are nice extras, but do not
> replace the needed builtin tools.
>
> -Hank
I'm not sure I agree with this. My case for a SDP like ability is basically
a business / convenience one - i.e., it would be nice to have. I do not
see why it would be really essential. Also, if you don't believe that
ISM will
die, then neither will SAP.


                                   Regards
                                   Marshall Eubanks

  
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