IANA Guidelines for IPv4 Multicast Address Assignments
RFC 3171, “IANA Guidelines for IPv4 Multicast Address Assignments”, is a Best Current Practice document published in August 2001 by Z. Albanna, K. Almeroth, D. Meyer, M. Schipper. It has been obsoleted by RFC 5771 — refer to the newer document for the authoritative version. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This memo provides guidance for the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) in assigning IPv4 multicast addresses. This document specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for the Internet Community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements.
What “Best Current Practice” means
Documents the IETF community's recommended operational or procedural practice rather than a protocol specification.
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- RFC 3170 IP Multicast Applications: Challenges and Solutions
- RFC 3172 Management Guidelines & Operational Requirements for the Address and Routing Parameter Area Domain
- RFC 3169 Criteria for Evaluating Network Access Server Protocols
- RFC 3173 IP Payload Compression Protocol
- RFC 3168 The Addition of Explicit Congestion Notification to IP
- RFC 3174 US Secure Hash Algorithm 1
- RFC 3167 Request to Move RFC 1745 to Historic Status
- RFC 3175 Aggregation of RSVP for IPv4 and IPv6 Reservations