The IESG has approved following document:
- 'Considerations for IGMP and MLD Snooping Switches '
<draft-ietf-magma-snoop-10.txt> as an Informational RFC
This document is the product of the Multicast & Anycast Group Membership
Working Group.
The IESG contact persons are Margaret Wasserman and Thomas Narten.
Technical Summary
This memo describes the recommendations for IGMP- and MLD-snooping
switches. These are based on best current practices for IGMPv2,
with further considerations for IGMPv3- and MLDv2-snooping.
Additional areas of relevance, such as link layer topology changes
and Ethernet-specific encapsulation issues, are also considered.
Working Group Summary
This document is a product of the MAGMA WG. It was modified
after WG last call to address issues raised during AD and IESG
Review by Margaret Wasserman and Steve Bellovin. Pekka Savola
also offered helpful review comments.
Protocol Quality
This document was reviewed for the IESG by Margaret Wasserman.
RFC Editor Note
Please make the following change before publication:
OLD:
- Multicast router discovery is accomplished using Neighbor
Discovery Protocol [NDP] for IPv6. NDP uses ICMPv6
message types.
NEW:
- Multicast router discovery is accomplished using the
Multicast Router Discovery (MRDISC) protocol defined in
[MRDISC].
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