simple multicast protocol

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simple multicast protocol

   <communications, protocol> A proposed {mulitcast} {protocol}
   that would ease the requirements for {IP} Multicast, such as
   no longer mandating that routers be able to calculate the
   source of a multicast stream.  This has not been adopted by
   the {IETF}.

   (http://infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayStory.pl?981125.whmulti.htm).

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   (2001-07-02)