Network Working Group S. Venaas
Internet-Draft R. Parekh
Intended status: Informational G. Van de Velde
Expires: April 27, 2012 cisco Systems
T. Chown
University of Southampton
M. Eubanks
Iformata Communications
October 25, 2011
Multicast Addresses for Documentation
draft-ietf-mboned-mcaddrdoc-02.txt
Abstract
This document discusses which multicast addresses should be used for
documentation purposes and reserves multicast addresses for such use.
Some multicast addresses are derived from AS numbers or unicast
addresses. This document also explains how these can be used for
documentation purposes.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2. IPv4 multicast documentation addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.1. Administratively scoped IPv4 multicast addresses . . . . . 4
2.2. GLOP multicast addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.3. Unicast prefix based IPv4 multicast addresses . . . . . . 4
3. IPv6 multicast documentation addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3.1. Unicast prefix based IPv6 multicast addresses . . . . . . 6
3.2. Embedded-RP IPv6 multicast addresses . . . . . . . . . . . 6
4. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
5. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
6. Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
7. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
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1. Introduction
It is often useful in documentation, IETF documents, etc., to provide
examples containing IP multicast addresses. For documentation where
examples of general purpose multicast addresses are needed, one
should use multicast addresses that never will be assigned or in
actual use. There is a risk that addresses used in examples may
accidentally be used. It is then important that the same addresses
are not used by other multicast applications or services. It may
also be beneficial to filter out such addresses from multicast
signalling and multicast data sent to such addresses.
For unicast there are both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses reserved for this
purpose, see [RFC5737] and [RFC3849] respectively. This document
reserves multicast addresses for this purpose.
There are also some multicast addresses that are derived from AS
numbers or unicast addresses. For examples where such addresses are
desired, one should derive them from the AS numbers and unicast
addresses reserved for documentation purposes. This document also
discusses the use of these.
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2. IPv4 multicast documentation addresses
The type of multicast addresses most commonly used today, are
addresses used for so-called ASM (Any-Source Multicast). For ASM,
the IPv4 multicast addresses allocated for documentation purposes are
233.252.0.0 - 233.252.0.255 (233.252.0.0/24).
Another type of multicast is SSM (Source-Specific Multicast). For
SSM it is less important which multicast addresses are used, since a
host/application joins a channel identified by both source and group.
Any source addresses used in SSM examples should be unicast addresses
reserved for documentation purposes. There are three unicast address
ranges provided for documentation use in [RFC5737]. The ranges are
192.0.2.0/24, 198.51.100.0/24 and 203.0.113.0/24.
Sometimes one wants to give examples where a specific type of address
is desired. E.g. for text about multicast scoping, one might want
the examples to use addresses that are to be used for administrative
scoping. See below for guidance on how to construct specific types
of example addresses.
2.1. Administratively scoped IPv4 multicast addresses
Administratively scoped IPv4 multicast addresses [RFC2365] are
reserved for scoped multicast. They can be used within a site or an
organization. Apart from a small set of scope relative addresses,
these addresses are not assigned. There are no specific scoped
addresses available for documentation purposes. Except for examples
detailing the use of scoped multicast, one should avoid using them.
2.2. GLOP multicast addresses
GLOP [RFC3180] is a method for deriving IPv4 multicast group
addresses from 16 bit AS numbers. For examples where GLOP addresses
are desired, the addresses should be derived from the AS numbers
reserved for documentation use.
The 16 bit AS numbers reserved for documentation use in [RFC5398] are
64496 - 64511. By use of [RFC3180], we then get 16 /24 multicast
prefixes for documentation use. The first one 233.251.240.0/24, and
the last 233.251.255.0/24.
2.3. Unicast prefix based IPv4 multicast addresses
IPv4 multicast addresses can be derived from IPv4 unicast prefixes,
see [RFC6034]. For examples where this type of addresses are
desired, the addresses should be derived from the unicast addresses
reserved for documentation purposes, see [RFC5737].
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There are three unicast address ranges provided for documentation use
in [RFC5737]. The ranges are 192.0.2.0/24, 198.51.100.0/24 and
203.0.113.0/24. Using [RFC6034] this leaves us with the unicast
prefix based IPv4 multicast addresses 234.192.0.2, 234.198.51.100 and
234.203.0.113.
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3. IPv6 multicast documentation addresses
The type of multicast addresses most commonly used today, are
addresses used for so-called ASM (Any-Source Multicast). For ASM,
the IPv6 multicast addresses allocated for documentation purposes are
TBD.
Another type of multicast is SSM (Source-Specific Multicast). For
SSM it is less important which multicast addresses are used, since a
host/application joins a channel identified by both source and group.
Any source addresses used in SSM examples should be unicast addresses
reserved for documentation purposes. The IPv6 unicast prefix
reserved for documentation purposes is 2001:DB8::/32, see [RFC3849].
Sometimes one wants to give examples where a specific type of address
is desired. E.g. for text about multicast scoping, one might want
the examples to use addresses that are to be used for administrative
scoping. See below for guidance on how to construct specific types
of example addresses.
3.1. Unicast prefix based IPv6 multicast addresses
IPv6 multicast addresses can be derived from IPv6 unicast prefixes,
see [RFC3306]. For examples where this type of addresses is desired,
the addresses should be derived from the unicast addresses reserved
for documentation purposes.
The IPv6 unicast prefix reserved for documentation purposes is 2001:
DB8::/32, see [RFC3849]. This allows a wide range of different IPv6
multicast addresses. Using just the base /32 prefix, one get the
IPv6 multicast prefixes FF3X:20:2001:DB8::/64, one for each available
scope X. One can also produce longer prefixes from this. Just as an
example, one can pick say a /64 prefix 2001:DB8:DEAD:BEEF::/64 which
gives the multicast prefixes FF3X:40:2001:DB8:DEAD:BEEF::/96, one for
each available scope X.
3.2. Embedded-RP IPv6 multicast addresses
There is a type of IPv6 multicast addresses called Embedded-RP
addresses where the IPv6 address of a Rendezvous-Point is embedded
inside the multicast address, see [RFC3956]. For examples where this
type of addresses is desired, the addresses should be derived from
the unicast addresses reserved for documentation purposes, see see
[RFC3849].
For documentation purposes, the RP address can be any address from
the range 2001:DB8::/32 that follows the constraints specified in
[RFC3956]. One example address could be 2001:DB8::1. The
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embedded-RP multicast prefixes might then be FF7X:120:2001:DB8::/96.
Another example could be the RP address 2001:DB8:BEEF:FEED::7 which
gives the prefixes FF7X:740:2001:DB8:BEEF:FEED::/96. See also the
examples in [RFC3956].
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4. Security Considerations
The use of specific multicast addresses for documentation purposes
has no impact on security.
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5. IANA Considerations
IANA is requested to assign "variable scope" IPv6 multicast addresses
for documentation purposes. This should be a /96 prefix of the form
FF0X:... The word TBD in this text should be replaced with the
assigned prefix, and this sentence should be deleted before
publishing.
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6. Acknowledgments
The authors thank Roberta Maglione and Leonard Giuliano for providing
comments on this document.
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7. Informative References
[RFC2365] Meyer, D., "Administratively Scoped IP Multicast", BCP 23,
RFC 2365, July 1998.
[RFC3180] Meyer, D. and P. Lothberg, "GLOP Addressing in 233/8",
BCP 53, RFC 3180, September 2001.
[RFC3306] Haberman, B. and D. Thaler, "Unicast-Prefix-based IPv6
Multicast Addresses", RFC 3306, August 2002.
[RFC3307] Haberman, B., "Allocation Guidelines for IPv6 Multicast
Addresses", RFC 3307, August 2002.
[RFC3849] Huston, G., Lord, A., and P. Smith, "IPv6 Address Prefix
Reserved for Documentation", RFC 3849, July 2004.
[RFC3956] Savola, P. and B. Haberman, "Embedding the Rendezvous
Point (RP) Address in an IPv6 Multicast Address",
RFC 3956, November 2004.
[RFC5398] Huston, G., "Autonomous System (AS) Number Reservation for
Documentation Use", RFC 5398, December 2008.
[RFC5737] Arkko, J., Cotton, M., and L. Vegoda, "IPv4 Address Blocks
Reserved for Documentation", RFC 5737, January 2010.
[RFC6034] Thaler, D., "Unicast-Prefix-Based IPv4 Multicast
Addresses", RFC 6034, October 2010.
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Authors' Addresses
Stig Venaas
cisco Systems
Tasman Drive
San Jose, CA 95134
USA
Email: stig@cisco.com
Rishabh Parekh
cisco Systems
Tasman Drive
San Jose, CA 95134
USA
Email: riparekh@cisco.com
Gunter Van de Velde
cisco Systems
De Kleetlaan 6a
Diegem 1831
Belgium
Phone: +32 476 476 022
Email: gvandeve@cisco.com
Tim Chown
University of Southampton
Highfield
Southampton, Hampshire SO17 1BJ
United Kingdom
Email: tjc@ecs.soton.ac.uk
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Marshall Eubanks
Iformata Communications
130 W. Second Street
Dayton, Ohio 45402
US
Phone: +1 703 501 4376
Email: marshall.eubanks@iformata.com
URI: http://www.iformata.com/
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