Host extensions for IP multicasting
RFC 988, “Host extensions for IP multicasting”, is an Unknown document published in July 1986 by S.E. Deering. It obsoletes RFC 966. It has been obsoleted by RFC 1054, RFC 1112 — refer to the newer document for the authoritative version. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This memo specifies the extensions required of a host implementation of the Internet Protocol (IP) to support internetwork multicasting. This specification supersedes that given in RFC-966, and constitutes a proposed protocol standard for IP multicasting in the ARPA-Internet. The reader is directed to RFC-966 for a discussion of the motivation and rationale behind the multicasting extension specified here.
What “Unknown” means
The standards-track status of this early RFC was never formally classified.
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- RFC 987 Mapping between X.400 and RFC 822
- RFC 986 Guidelines for the use of Internet-IP addresses in the ISO Connectionless-Mode Network Protocol
- RFC 990 Assigned numbers
- RFC 985 Requirements for Internet gateways - draft
- RFC 991 Official ARPA-Internet protocols
- RFC 984 PCMAIL: A distributed mail system for personal computers
- RFC 992 On communication support for fault tolerant process groups
- RFC 983 ISO transport arrives on top of the TCP