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IETF Last Call Review of draft-ietf-pim-zeroconf-mcast-addr-alloc-ps-07
review-ietf-pim-zeroconf-mcast-addr-alloc-ps-07-genart-lc-halpern-2025-10-07-00

Request Review of draft-ietf-pim-zeroconf-mcast-addr-alloc-ps
Requested revision No specific revision (document currently at 13)
Type IETF Last Call Review
Team General Area Review Team (Gen-ART) (genart)
Deadline 2025-10-17
Requested 2025-10-03
Authors Nathan Karstens , Dino Farinacci , Mike McBride
I-D last updated 2026-02-26 (Latest revision 2026-02-17)
Completed reviews Secdir IETF Last Call review of -07 by Joseph A. Salowey (diff)
Tsvart IETF Last Call review of -07 by Dr. Joseph D. Touch (diff)
Genart IETF Last Call review of -07 by Joel M. Halpern (diff)
Opsdir Telechat review of -07 by Gabriele Galimberti (diff)
Intdir Telechat review of -07 by Benson Muite (diff)
Rtgdir Telechat review of -07 by Zhaohui (Jeffrey) Zhang (diff)
Assignment Reviewer Joel M. Halpern
State Completed
Request IETF Last Call review on draft-ietf-pim-zeroconf-mcast-addr-alloc-ps by General Area Review Team (Gen-ART) Assigned
Posted at https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/gen-art/mOEK7RaHAV9oz3EL-dxEFMIKNPA
Reviewed revision 07 (document currently at 13)
Result Ready w/issues
Completed 2025-10-07
review-ietf-pim-zeroconf-mcast-addr-alloc-ps-07-genart-lc-halpern-2025-10-07-00
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Document: draft-ietf-pim-zeroconf-mcast-addr-alloc-ps-07
Reviewer: Joel Halpern
Review Date: 2025-10-07
IETF LC End Date: 2025-10-17
IESG Telechat date: Not scheduled for a telechat

Summary: This document is readable and in good shape.  I have a minor comment
for your consideration

Major issues: N/A

Minor issues:
    Section 2i s called "Address Collision.  Seeing as tis is an IETF draft, I
    had started out assuming this was about two groups self-assigning the same
    IP Multicast address.  However, the text is entirely about collision on the
    derived MAC address.  Could the title be clarified?
     I am not sure, but it may be that the document assumes there is already a
     way to provide zeroconf IP multicast address that are collision free.  In
     which case the only colissions are MAAC level.  If that is the assumption,
     it should be stated with references.  If that is not assumed, then some
     discussion of the IP level allocation requirements would seem appropriate.

Nits/editorial comments: