IPv6 Multicast Address With Embedded IPv4 Multicast Address
draft-ietf-mboned-64-multicast-address-format-06
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From: The IESG <iesg-secretary@ietf.org> To: IETF-Announce <ietf-announce@ietf.org> Cc: RFC Editor <rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org>, mboned mailing list <mboned@ietf.org>, mboned chair <mboned-chairs@tools.ietf.org> Subject: Protocol Action: 'IPv4-Embedded IPv6 Multicast Address Format' to Proposed Standard (draft-ietf-mboned-64-multicast-address-format-01.txt) The IESG has approved the following document: - 'IPv4-Embedded IPv6 Multicast Address Format' (draft-ietf-mboned-64-multicast-address-format-01.txt) as a Proposed Standard This document is the product of the MBONE Deployment Working Group. The IESG contact persons are Ronald Bonica and Benoit Claise. A URL of this Internet Draft is: http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-mboned-64-multicast-address-format/
Technical Summary This document specifies an extension to the IPv6 multicast addressing architecture to be used in the context of IPv4-IPv6 interconnection. In particular, this document defines an address format for IPv4- embedded IPv6 multicast addresses. This address format can be used for IPv4-IPv6 translation or encapsulation schemes. This document updates [RFC4291]. This specification can be used in conjunction with other extensions such as building unicast prefix-based multicast IPv6 address [RFC3306] or embedding the rendezvous point [RFC3956]. This document is a companion document to [RFC6052] which focuses exclusively on IPv4-embedded IPv6 unicast addresses. Working Group Summary This draft has received solid support within the working group and no major controversies were noted. Document Quality This document has received a number of comments from reviewers and the authors addressed each of these comments. There exists at least one implementation of this mechanism. Personnel Lenny Giuliano is the Document Shepherd. Ron Bonica is the Responsible Area Director. IANA Note Authors of this document request to reserve: o ff3x:0:8000/33 SSM block to embed an IPv4 multicast address in the last 32 bits. o ffxx:8000/17 ASM block to embed an IPv4 multicast address in the last 32 bits. RFC Editor Note (Insert RFC Editor Note here or remove section) IRTF Note (Insert IRTF Note here or remove section) IESG Note (Insert IESG Note here or remove section)