RFC 4291, "IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture", February 2006

Note: This RFC has been updated by RFC 5952, RFC 6052, RFC 7136, RFC 7346, RFC 7371, RFC 8064

Errata ID: 863
Status: Rejected
Type: Editorial
Publication Format(s) : TEXT
Reported By: Yelland Mr Michael
Date Reported: 2007-03-02
Rejected by: RFC Editor
Date Rejected: 2008-12-03

Section 2.7 says:

   Nodes must not originate a packet to a multicast address whose scop
   field contains the reserved value 0; if such a packet is received, it
   must be silently dropped.  Nodes should not originate a packet to a
   multicast address whose scop field contains the reserved value F; ...

It should say:

   Nodes must not originate a packet to a multicast address whose scope
   field contains the reserved value 0; if such a packet is received, it
   must be silently dropped.  Nodes should not originate a packet to a
   multicast address whose scope field contains the reserved value F; ...

Notes:

Typo: scop --> scope (2 times)

-- RATIONALE FOR REJECTION --

This isn't a typo. The field is named "scop". See Section 2.7:

scop is a 4-bit multicast scope value used to limit the scope of
the multicast group.

Thanks to Bob Hinden for pointing this out.

This report was incorrectly marked "Verified" from 2007-11-01 to 2008-12-03.

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