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What is the difference between Unicast RPF and Reverse Path Forwarding? They both verify the source address of each packet before forwarding it to the destination.

Is Reverse Path Forwarding used only when the network wants to build a shared tree of multicast communication and then we need to use Unicast RPF after the shared tree is created?

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Both Reverse Path Forwarding and Unicast Reverse path Forwarding do basically the same thing: Verify that the data is coming from the same direction you would expect it to come from. Their function is slightly different though:

  • 'Normal' RPF will check the source of multicast traffic, to avoid network loops.
  • uRPF will check the source of unicast traffic, to mitigate IP spoofing.
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