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RFC 988: Host extensions for IP multicasting

This RFC has been replaced. Do not implement against it for new work — it was formally obsoleted by RFC 1054, RFC 1112.

Current document in this lineage: RFC 1112 — Host extensions for IP multicasting

In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC

This memo specifies the extensions required of a host implementation of the Internet Protocol (IP) to support internetwork multicasting. This specification supersedes that given in RFC-966, and constitutes a proposed protocol standard for IP multicasting in the ARPA-Internet. The reader is directed to RFC-966 for a discussion of the motivation and rationale behind the multicasting extension specified here.

Document record

Document ID
RFC988
Published
July 1986
Authors
S.E. Deering
Status
UNKNOWN
Stream
Legacy
Area
—
Pages
20
Also known as
—
Obsoletes:
RFC 966
Obsoleted by:
RFC 1054, RFC 1112

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Standards lineage

This document is one revision in a chain of 4 RFCs, each formally replacing the one before it.

  1. RFC 966 (1985)
  2. RFC 988 (1986)
  3. RFC 1054 (1988)
  4. RFC 1112 (1989) ✓

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