The IESG has approved the following document: - 'Updates to the IPv6 Multicast Addressing Architecture' (draft-ietf-6man-multicast-addr-arch-update-08.txt) as Proposed Standard This document is the product of the IPv6 Maintenance Working Group. The IESG contact persons are Brian Haberman and Ted Lemon. A URL of this Internet Draft is: http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-6man-multicast-addr-arch-update/ Technical Summary This document updates the IPv6 multicast addressing architecture by defining the 17-20 reserved bits as generic flag bits. The document provides also some clarifications related to the use of these flag bits. Working Group Summary This work was taken over by 6MAN since it changes the IPv6 addressing architecture, after initially starting out in MBONED. See https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-mboned-64-multicast-address-format/writeup/ Document Quality The 6man working group appoints reviewers for all documents being advanced to the IESG. This document has been reviewed in detail by Jinmei Tetsuya. In addition to the chair's and shepherd's review. Personnel Document Shepherd: Ole Troan Responsible Area Director: Brian Haberman
