RFC 3171 (rfc3171) - Page 1 of 8
IANA Guidelines for IPv4 Multicast Address Assignments
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Network Working Group Z. Albanna
Request for Comments: 3171 Juniper Networks
BCP: 51 K. Almeroth
Category: Best Current Practice UCSB
D. Meyer
Sprint
M. Schipper
IANA
August 2001
IANA Guidelines for IPv4 Multicast Address Assignments
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 (2001). All Rights Reserved.
Abstract
This memo provides guidance for the Internet Assigned Numbers
Authority (IANA) in assigning IPv4 multicast addresses.
1. Introduction
The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) (www.iana.org) is
charged with allocating parameter values for fields in protocols
which have been designed, created or are maintained by the Internet
Engineering Task Force (IETF). RFC 2780 [RFC 2780] provides the IANA
guidance in the assignment of parameters for fields in newly
developed protocols. This memo expands on section 4.4.2 of RFC 2780
and attempts to codify existing IANA practice used in the assignment
IPv4 multicast addresses.
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 [RFC 2434]. The keywords MUST,
MUST NOT, MAY, OPTIONAL, REQUIRED, RECOMMENDED, SHALL, SHALL NOT,
SHOULD, SHOULD NOT are to be interpreted as defined in RFC 2119
[RFC 2119].
Albanna, et al. Best Current Practice