Multicast Listener Discovery Version 2 for IPv6
RFC 3810, “Multicast Listener Discovery Version 2 for IPv6”, is a Proposed Standard document published in June 2004 by R. Vida, L. Costa. It updates RFC 2710. It has since been updated by RFC 4604. It has been obsoleted by RFC 9777 — refer to the newer document for the authoritative version. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This document updates RFC 2710, and it specifies Version 2 of the ulticast 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. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
What “Proposed Standard” means
An entry-level standards-track specification: stable, peer-reviewed and a solid basis for implementation, though it may still evolve before becoming an Internet Standard.
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- RFC 3811 Definitions of Textual Conventions for Multiprotocol Label Switching Management
- RFC 3808 IANA Charset MIB
- RFC 3812 Multiprotocol Label Switching Traffic Engineering Management Information Base
- RFC 3807 V5.2-User Adaptation Layer
- RFC 3813 Multiprotocol Label Switching Label Switching Router Management Information Base
- RFC 3806 Printer Finishing MIB
- RFC 3814 Multiprotocol Label Switching Forwarding Equivalence Class To Next Hop Label Forwarding Entry Management Information Base