RFC 2549, "IP over Avian Carriers with Quality of Service", April 1999

Errata ID: 8289
Status: Rejected
Type: Technical
Publication Format(s) : TEXT
Reported By: Pavel Pikirenia
Date Reported: 2025-02-08
Rejected by: Eliot Lear
Date Rejected: 2025-02-13

Throughout the document, when it says:

Multicasting is supported, but requires the implementation of a clone device.

It should say:

Multicasting is supported, but requires the implementation of a cloning and memory-altering device.

Notes:

As the destination addresses are brain-embedded in carriers, simply using a cloning device on a carrier would result in multiple packets sent to the same unicast address. Following this issue, an implementation of a memory-altering functionality would be required to change the destination address when replicating packets to reach multiple receivers.
--VERIFIER NOTES--
Thank you for your errata report. An addressing model is not fully specified, particular source address selection. Memory is apparently necessary only for the destination address, and for multicast that represents no conflict.

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