RFC 2191 · INFORMATIONAL · 1997

VENUS - Very Extensive Non-Unicast Service

Overview

RFC 2191, “VENUS - Very Extensive Non-Unicast Service”, is an Informational document published in September 1997 by G. Armitage. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This document focuses exclusively on the problems associated with extending the MARS model to cover multiple clusters or clusters spanning more than one subnet. It describes a hypothetical solution, dubbed "Very Extensive NonUnicast Service" (VENUS), and shows how complex such a service would be. This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.

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