RFC 6831 · EXPERIMENTAL · 2013
SUN · 14 JUN 2026
The Locator/ID Separation Protocol for Multicast Environments
Overview
RFC 6831, “The Locator/ID Separation Protocol for Multicast Environments”, is an Experimental document published in January 2013 by D. Farinacci, D. Meyer, J. Zwiebel, S. Venaas. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This document describes how inter-domain multicast routing will function in an environment where Locator/ID Separation is deployed using the Locator/ID Separation Protocol (LISP) architecture. This document defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community.
What “Experimental” means
Describes a specification that is part of a research or development effort, published so the community can gain experience with it.
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Other RFCs from 2013
- RFC 6830 The Locator/ID Separation Protocol
- RFC 6832 Interworking between Locator/ID Separation Protocol and Non- LISP Sites
- RFC 6829 Label Switched Path Ping for Pseudowire Forwarding Equivalence Classes Advertised over IPv6
- RFC 6833 Locator/ID Separation Protocol Map-Server Interface
- RFC 6828 Content Splicing for RTP Sessions
- RFC 6834 Locator/ID Separation Protocol Map-Versioning
- RFC 6827 Automatically Switched Optical Network Routing for OSPFv2 Protocols
- RFC 6835 The Locator/ID Separation Protocol Internet Groper