RFC 2908: The Internet Multicast Address Allocation Architecture
This RFC has been replaced. Do not implement against it for new work — it was formally obsoleted by RFC 6308.
Current version: RFC 6308 — Overview of the Internet Multicast Addressing Architecture
In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC
This document proposes a multicast address allocation architecture (MALLOC) for the Internet. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
Document record
- Document ID
- RFC2908
- Published
- September 2000
- Authors
- D. Thaler; M. Handley; D. Estrin
- Status
- HISTORIC
- Stream
- IETF
- Area
- tsv
- Pages
- 13
- Also known as
- —
- Obsoleted by:
- RFC 6308
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