RFC 2365 · BEST CURRENT PRACTICE · 1998

Administratively Scoped IP Multicast

Overview

RFC 2365, “Administratively Scoped IP Multicast”, is a Best Current Practice document published in July 1998 by D. Meyer. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This document defines the "administratively scoped IPv4 multicast space" to be the range 239.0.0.0 to 239.255.255.255. In addition, it describes a simple set of semantics for the implementation of Administratively Scoped IP Multicast. Finally, it provides a mapping between the IPv6 multicast address classes [RFC1884] and IPv4 multicast address classes. This document specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for the Internet Community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements.

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Documents the IETF community's recommended operational or procedural practice rather than a protocol specification.

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