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IANA Considerations for IPv4 Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP)

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Network Working Group                                          B. Fenner
Request for Comments: 3228                                 AT&T Research
BCP: 57                                                    February 2002
Category: Best Current Practice


                        IANA Considerations for
             IPv4 Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP)

Status of this Memo

   This document specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for the
   Internet Community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
   improvements.  Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

Copyright Notice

   Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2002).  All Rights Reserved.

Abstract

   This memo requests that the IANA create a registry for fields in the
   IGMP (Internet Group Management Protocol) protocol header, and
   provides guidance for the IANA to use in assigning parameters for
   those fields.

Table of Contents

   1. Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   1
   2. IANA Considerations for fields in the IPv4 IGMP header. . . .   2
   3. Assignments for testing and experimentation . . . . . . . . .   2
   4. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   5. Normative References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   6. Informative References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   7. Author's Address. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   8. Full Copyright Statement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4

1.  Introduction

   This memo requests that the IANA create a registry for fields in the
   IGMP protocol header.

   The terms "Specification Required", "Expert Review", "IESG Approval",
   "IETF Consensus", and "Standards Action", are used in this memo to
   refer to the processes described in [2].






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