@misc{rfc4605, series = {Request for Comments}, number = 4605, howpublished = {RFC 4605}, publisher = {RFC Editor}, doi = {10.17487/RFC4605}, url = {https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4605}, author = {Bill Fenner (ˢˣˠ) and Haixiang He and Brian Haberman and Hal Sandick}, title = {{Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) / Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD)-Based Multicast Forwarding ("IGMP/MLD Proxying")}}, pagetotal = 12, year = 2006, month = aug, abstract = {In certain topologies, it is not necessary to run a multicast routing protocol. It is sufficient for a device to learn and proxy group membership information and simply forward multicast packets based upon that information. This document describes a mechanism for forwarding based solely upon Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) or Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) membership information. {[}STANDARDS-TRACK{]}}, }