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Multicast Listener Discovery Version 2 (MLDv2) for IPv6

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Network Working Group                                       R. Vida, Ed.
Request for Comments: 3810                                 L. Costa, Ed.
Updates: 2710                                                       LIP6
Category: Standards Track                                      June 2004


        Multicast Listener Discovery Version 2 (MLDv2) for IPv6

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 (2004).

Abstract

   This document updates RFC 2710, and it specifies Version 2 of the
   Multicast Listener Discovery Protocol (MLDv2).  MLD is used by an
   IPv6 router to discover the presence of multicast listeners on
   directly attached links, and to discover which multicast addresses
   are of interest to those neighboring nodes.  MLDv2 is designed to be
   interoperable with MLDv1.  MLDv2 adds the ability for a node to
   report interest in listening to packets with a particular multicast
   address only from specific source addresses or from all sources
   except for specific source addresses.




















Vida & Costa                Standards Track
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