Source-Specific Multicast for IP
RFC 4607, “Source-Specific Multicast for IP”, is a Proposed Standard document published in August 2006 by H. Holbrook, B. Cain. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
IP version 4 (IPv4) addresses in the 232/8 (232.0.0.0 to 232.255.255.255) range are designated as source-specific multicast (SSM) destination addresses and are reserved for use by source-specific applications and protocols. For IP version 6 (IPv6), the address prefix FF3x::/32 is reserved for source-specific multicast use. This document defines an extension to the Internet network service that applies to datagrams sent to SSM addresses and defines the host and router requirements to support this extension. [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 4605 Internet Group Management Protocol / Multicast Listener Discovery -Based Multicast Forwarding
- RFC 4610 Anycast-RP Using Protocol Independent Multicast
- RFC 4604 Using Internet Group Management Protocol Version 3 and Multicast Listener Discovery Protocol Version 2 for Source- Specific Multicast
- RFC 4611 Multicast Source Discovery Protocol Deployment Scenarios
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