Multicast Addresses for Documentation
RFC 6676, “Multicast Addresses for Documentation”, is an Informational document published in August 2012 by S. Venaas, R. Parekh, G. Van de Velde, T. Chown, M. Eubanks. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This document discusses which multicast addresses should be used for documentation purposes and reserves multicast addresses for such use. Some multicast addresses are derived from AS numbers or unicast addresses. This document also explains how these can be used for documentation purposes. This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is published for informational purposes.
What “Informational” means
Published for the general information of the community. It does not define an IETF standard and carries no standards-track status.
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