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Multicast WWW BOF (mcwww)
Wednesday, April 9 at 1545-1645
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DESCRIPTION:
Many Web sites that distribute popular, frequently updated content
experience problems with "flash crowds": thousands of access per
minute to the same Web page overload the Web server or the network
link leading to the server. Moreover, with the increasing growth
of "push" technology, it is likely that these problems will get worse,
not better.
It is possible that integrating IP multicast with the transport
protocol used by the Web (HTTP) may be used both to solve serious
existing operational problems like "flash crowds", and to avoid
creating new problems due to "server push" applications. Several
applications (i.e. cache stuffing) appear to be naturally amenable
to use of unreliable multicast. Thus, moving ahead on unreliable
webcasting will serve to advance these applications as well as to
potentially provide short-term solutions for other applications.
The primary goal of this BOF will be to see if there is enough
agreement on the problems to be solved, and enough interest in
moving forward to form a working group on the subject of unreliable
multicasting of Web content.
AGENDA:
1. Agenda bashing
2. Review of existing uses of multicast to support the World-Wide Web
3. Discussion of potential areas for standardization
4. Indication of interest
5. If sufficient interest, discussion of working group prerequisites:
a. Charter
b. Chair
c. Mailing list
d. FTP site
e. Requirements document
f. Review of existing implementations