File formats:

Status:

BEST CURRENT PRACTICE

Obsoletes:

RFC 3138, RFC 3171

Updates:

RFC 2780

Authors:

M. Cotton
L. Vegoda
D. Meyer

Stream:

IETF

Source:

mboned (ops)

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DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC5771

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Abstract

This document provides guidance for the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) in assigning IPv4 multicast addresses. It obsoletes RFC 3171 and RFC 3138 and updates RFC 2780. This memo documents an Internet Best Current Practice.

For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.