RFC Errata
RFC 2236, "Internet Group Management Protocol, Version 2", November 1997
Note: This RFC has been updated by RFC 3376, RFC 9776
Source of RFC: idmr (rtg)
Errata ID: 3063
Status: Rejected
Type: Editorial
Publication Format(s) : TEXT
Reported By: Jon Hak Song
Date Reported: 2011-12-26
Rejected by: Adrian Farrel
Date Rejected: 2012-05-08
Section 6 says:
- "set timer", setting the timer to its maximum value [Version 1 Router Present Timeout] and (re)starting it. ________________ | | | | | No IGMPv1 | | Router | | Present | | | ---->| |---- | | | | | |________________| | timer expires | | IGMPv1 query | ________________ | received | | | | (set timer) | | | | | | | | -----| IGMPv1 |<--- | Router | | Present | | | ---->| |---- | |________________| | | | | IGMPv1 query received | | (set timer) | ---------------------------
It should say:
- "set timer", setting the timer to its maximum value [Version 1 Router Present Timeout] and starting it. - "reset timer", resetting the timer to its maximum value [Version 1 Router Present Timeout] and restarting it. ________________ | | | | | No IGMPv1 | | Router | | Present | | | ---->| |---- | | | | | |________________| | timer expires | | IGMPv1 query | ________________ | received | | | | (set timer) | | | | | | | | -----| IGMPv1 |<--- | Router | | Present | | | ---->| |---- | |________________| | | | | IGMPv1 query received | | (reset timer) | ---------------------------
Notes:
Resetting timer is obviously different than setting timer.
--VERIFIER NOTES--
I am rejecting this Erratum mainly because RFC 2236 has been obsoleted by RFC 3376, but also because I don't agree that the change is needed. The original text covers the two operations adequately.