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IETF RFC 4489
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A Method for Generating Link-Scoped IPv6 Multicast Addresses

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IETF
Doc Type
Standard
Pages
6
Abstract
This document specifies an extension to the multicast addressing architecture of the IPv6 protocol. The extension allows the use of Interface Identifiers (IIDs) to allocate multicast addresses. When a link-local unicast address is configured at each interface of a node, an IID is uniquely determined. After that, each node can generate its unique multicast addresses automatically without conflicts. The alternative method for creating link-local multicast addresses proposed in this document is better than known methods like unicast-prefix-based IPv6 multicast addresses. This memo updates RFC 3306. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
Publication Date
2006-04-01
Status Note
Proposed Standard
DOI
10.17487/RFC4489
Link
https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC4489
Author(s)
Park Jung-Soo
Myung-Ki Shin
Hyoung-Jun Kim
Keyword(s)
Interface Identifier
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