Host extensions for IP multicasting
RFC 1054, “Host extensions for IP multicasting”, is an Unknown document published in May 1988 by S.E. Deering. It obsoletes RFC 988. It has been obsoleted by RFC 1112 — refer to the newer document for the authoritative version. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This memo specifies the extensions required of a host implementation of the Internet Protocol (IP) to support multicasting. IP multicasting is the transmission of an IP datagram to a "host group", a set hosts identified by a single IP destination address. A multicast datagram is delivered to all members of its destination host group with the same "best-efforts" reliability as regular unicast IP datagrams. It is proposed as a standard for IP multicasting in the Internet. This specification is a major revision of RFC-988.
What “Unknown” means
The standards-track status of this early RFC was never formally classified.
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