RFC 2710: Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) for IPv6

This document specifies the protocol used by an IPv6 router to discover the presence of multicast listeners (that is, nodes wishing to receive multicast…

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Incoming relationships (41 related RFCs)

Updated by, Normatively referenced by — RFC 3810: Multicast Listener Discovery Version 2 (MLDv2) for IPv6
Updated by — RFC 3590: Source Address Selection for the Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) Protocol
Updated by, Normatively referenced by — RFC 9777: Multicast Listener Discovery Version 2 (MLDv2) for IPv6
Normatively referenced by — RFC 3775: Mobility Support in IPv6
Normatively referenced by — RFC 4601: Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM): Protocol Specification (Revised)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6275: Mobility Support in IPv6
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6325: Routing Bridges (RBridges): Base Protocol Specification
Normatively referenced by — RFC 5015: Bidirectional Protocol Independent Multicast (BIDIR-PIM)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 4604: Using Internet Group Management Protocol Version 3 (IGMPv3) and Multicast Listener Discovery Protocol Version 2 (MLDv2) for Source-Specific Multicast
Normatively referenced by — RFC 4942: IPv6 Transition/Co-existence Security Considerations
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9182: A YANG Network Data Model for Layer 3 VPNs
Normatively referenced by — RFC 5790: Lightweight Internet Group Management Protocol Version 3 (IGMPv3) and Multicast Listener Discovery Version 2 (MLDv2) Protocols
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9251: Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) and Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) Proxies for Ethernet VPN (EVPN)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6224: Base Deployment for Multicast Listener Support in Proxy Mobile IPv6 (PMIPv6) Domains
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7421: Analysis of the 64-bit Boundary in IPv6 Addressing
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7028: Multicast Mobility Routing Optimizations for Proxy Mobile IPv6
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9288: Recommendations on the Filtering of IPv6 Packets Containing IPv6 Extension Headers at Transit Routers
Normatively referenced by — RFC 4045: Extensions to Support Efficient Carrying of Multicast Traffic in Layer-2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 5519: Multicast Group Membership Discovery MIB
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7256: Multicast Control Extensions for the Access Node Control Protocol (ANCP)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7287: Mobile Multicast Sender Support in Proxy Mobile IPv6 (PMIPv6) Domains
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9166: A YANG Data Model for Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) and Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) Snooping
Informatively referenced by — RFC 4861: Neighbor Discovery for IP version 6 (IPv6)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 3971: SEcure Neighbor Discovery (SEND)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 4607: Source-Specific Multicast for IP
Informatively referenced by — RFC 3819: Advice for Internet Subnetwork Designers
Informatively referenced by — RFC 3569: An Overview of Source-Specific Multicast (SSM)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6740: Identifier-Locator Network Protocol (ILNP) Architectural Description
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7117: Multicast in Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 2765: Stateless IP/ICMP Translation Algorithm (SIIT)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6398: IP Router Alert Considerations and Usage
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9181: A Common YANG Data Model for Layer 2 and Layer 3 VPNs
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7450: Automatic Multicast Tunneling
Informatively referenced by — RFC 4259: A Framework for Transmission of IP Datagrams over MPEG-2 Networks
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5350: IANA Considerations for the IPv4 and IPv6 Router Alert Options
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5501: Requirements for Multicast Support in Virtual Private LAN Services
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8293: A Framework for Multicast in Network Virtualization over Layer 3
Informatively referenced by — RFC 4391: Transmission of IP over InfiniBand (IPoIB)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5454: Dual-Stack Mobile IPv4
Informatively referenced by — RFC 3019: IP Version 6 Management Information Base for The Multicast Listener Discovery Protocol
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9365: IPv6 Wireless Access in Vehicular Environments (IPWAVE): Problem Statement and Use Cases