# References

For more information about IPv6 multicast, see the following resources:

- RFC 2362—Protocol Independent Multicast-Sparse Mode (PIM-SM): Protocol Specification (June 1998)
- RFC 3569—An Overview of Source-Specific Multicast (SSM) (July 2003)
- Source-Specific Multicast for IP—draft-ietf-ssm-arch-06.txt (March 2005 expiration)
- Source-Specific Protocol Independent Multicast in 232/8—draft-ietf-mboned-ssm232-08.txt (September 2004 expiration)

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