Source-Specific Protocol Independent Multicast in 232/8
RFC 4608
Approval announcement
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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