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Allocation Guidelines for IPv6 Multicast Addresses

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Network Working Group                                        B. Haberman
Request for Comments: 3307                                    Consultant
Category: Standards Track                                    August 2002


          Allocation Guidelines for IPv6 Multicast Addresses

Status of this Memo

   This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the
   Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
   improvements.  Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet
   Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state
   and status of this protocol.  Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

Copyright Notice

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

Abstract

   This document specifies guidelines that must be implemented by any
   entity responsible for allocating IPv6 multicast addresses.  This
   includes, but is not limited to, any documents or entities wishing to
   assign permanent IPv6 multicast addresses, allocate dynamic IPv6
   multicast addresses, and define permanent IPv6 multicast group
   identifiers.  The purpose of these guidelines is to reduce the
   probability of IPv6 multicast address collision, not only at the IPv6
   layer, but also at the link-layer of media that encode portions of
   the IP layer address into the MAC layer address.





















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