Source-Specific Protocol Independent Multicast in 232/8
bcp120-09
Approval announcement
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From: The IESG <iesg-secretary@ietf.org> To: IETF-Announce <ietf-announce@ietf.org> Cc: Internet Architecture Board <iab@iab.org>, RFC Editor <rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org>, mboned mailing list <mboned@ietf.org>, mboned chair <mboned-chairs@tools.ietf.org> Subject: Protocol Action: 'Source-Specific Protocol Independent Multicast in 232/8' to BCP The IESG has approved the following document: - 'Source-Specific Protocol Independent Multicast in 232/8 ' <draft-ietf-mboned-ssm232-10.txt> as a BCP This document is the product of the MBONE Deployment Working Group. The IESG contact persons are David Kessens and Dan Romascanu. A URL of this Internet-Draft is: http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-mboned-ssm232-10.txt
Technical Summary IP Multicast group addresses in the 232/8 (232.0.0.0 to 232.255.255.255) range are designated as source-specific multicast [SSM] destination addresses and are reserved for use by source- specific multicast applications and protocols. This document defines operational recommendations to ensure source-specific behavior within the 232/8 range. Working Group Summary This document is the product of the mboned working group, where it passed last call without substantive comment. Protocol Quality This specification was reviewed for the IESG by Randy Bush and Bert Wijnen