Sure, but GLOP predated SSM, and was really only an interim fix for the presumed need of mcast address assignments. GLOP only gives you a /24 for each ASN where SSM gives you a /8 for every unique unicast address you have along with vastly superior security and network simplicity.
Greg On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 12:53 PM, Quentin Carpent <quentin.carp...@vtx-telecom.ch> wrote: > You can also use the glop IP addressing: > http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3180 > > Quentin > > -----Original Message----- > From: Greg Shepherd [mailto:gjs...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thu 5/3/2012 9:35 PM > To: Philip Lavine > Cc: NANOG list > Subject: Re: mulcast assignments > > Why do you think you need an assigned mcast block? All inter domain > mcast uses source trees only, so just use SSM and you don't need > address assignments. > > Greg > > On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 12:24 PM, Philip Lavine <source_ro...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> How do I get a registered multicast block? >> > >
