RFC 5771: IANA Guidelines for IPv4 Multicast Address Assignments

This document provides guidance for the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) in assigning IPv4 multicast addresses. It obsoletes RFC 3171 and RFC 3138…

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Outgoing relationships (16 related RFCs)

Updates, Informative reference — RFC 2780: IANA Allocation Guidelines For Values In the Internet Protocol and Related Headers
Obsoletes, Informative reference — RFC 3138: Extended Assignments in 233/8
Obsoletes, Informative reference — RFC 3171: IANA Guidelines for IPv4 Multicast Address Assignments
Normative reference — RFC 2119: Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels
Normative reference — RFC 5226: Guidelines for Writing an IANA Considerations Section in RFCs
Informative reference — RFC 2328: OSPF Version 2
Informative reference — RFC 2974: Session Announcement Protocol
Informative reference — RFC 4607: Source-Specific Multicast for IP
Informative reference — RFC 2606: Reserved Top Level DNS Names
Informative reference — RFC 2365: Administratively Scoped IP Multicast
Informative reference — RFC 2860: Memorandum of Understanding Concerning the Technical Work of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
Informative reference — RFC 1930: Guidelines for creation, selection, and registration of an Autonomous System (AS)
Informative reference — RFC 1819: Internet Stream Protocol Version 2 (ST2) Protocol Specification - Version ST2+
Informative reference — RFC 2730: Multicast Address Dynamic Client Allocation Protocol (MADCAP)
Informative reference — RFC 4330: Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP) Version 4 for IPv4, IPv6 and OSI
Informative reference — RFC 3180: GLOP Addressing in 233/8

Incoming relationships (11 related RFCs)

Normatively referenced by — RFC 6621: Simplified Multicast Forwarding
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6219: The China Education and Research Network (CERNET) IVI Translation Design and Deployment for the IPv4/IPv6 Coexistence and Transition
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8815: Deprecating Any-Source Multicast (ASM) for Interdomain Multicast
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9568: Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) Version 3 for IPv4 and IPv6
Normatively referenced by — RFC 10019: Zeroconf Multicast Address Allocation Problem Statement and Requirements
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6308: Overview of the Internet Multicast Addressing Architecture
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8126: Guidelines for Writing an IANA Considerations Section in RFCs
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6761: Special-Use Domain Names
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8866: SDP: Session Description Protocol
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9176: Constrained RESTful Environments (CoRE) Resource Directory
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7436: IP-Only LAN Service (IPLS)