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RFC 2710: Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) for IPv6

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This document specifies the protocol used by an IPv6 router to discover the presence of multicast listeners (that is, nodes wishing to receive multicast packets) on its directly attached links, and to discover specifically which multicast addresses are of interest to those neighboring nodes. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

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Document ID
RFC2710
Published
October 1999
Authors
S. Deering; W. Fenner; B. Haberman
Status
PROPOSED STANDARD
Stream
IETF
Area
int
Pages
22
Also known as
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Updated by:
RFC 3590, RFC 3810, RFC 9777

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