RFC 4489: A Method for Generating Link-Scoped IPv6 Multicast Addresses

This document specifies an extension to the multicast addressing architecture of the IPv6 protocol. The extension allows the use of Interface Identifiers…

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Outgoing relationships (1 related RFC)

Updates — RFC 3306: Unicast-Prefix-based IPv6 Multicast Addresses

Incoming relationships (3 related RFCs)

Normatively referenced by — RFC 6308: Overview of the Internet Multicast Addressing Architecture
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5453: Reserved IPv6 Interface Identifiers
Informatively referenced by — RFC 10019: Zeroconf Multicast Address Allocation Problem Statement and Requirements