RFC 4607: Source-Specific Multicast for IP

IP version 4 (IPv4) addresses in the 232/8 (232.0.0.0 to 232.255.255.255) range are designated as source-specific multicast (SSM) destination addresses and…

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Outgoing relationships (21 related RFCs)

Normative reference — RFC 791: Internet Protocol
Normative reference — RFC 4301: Security Architecture for the Internet Protocol
Normative reference — RFC 2401: Security Architecture for the Internet Protocol
Normative reference — RFC 1112: Host extensions for IP multicasting
Normative reference — RFC 3376: Internet Group Management Protocol, Version 3
Normative reference — RFC 3810: Multicast Listener Discovery Version 2 (MLDv2) for IPv6
Normative reference — RFC 4601: Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM): Protocol Specification (Revised)
Normative reference — RFC 2464: Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Ethernet Networks
Normative reference — RFC 3513: Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Addressing Architecture
Normative reference — RFC 3306: Unicast-Prefix-based IPv6 Multicast Addresses
Normative reference — RFC 4604: Using Internet Group Management Protocol Version 3 (IGMPv3) and Multicast Listener Discovery Protocol Version 2 (MLDv2) for Source-Specific Multicast
Normative reference — RFC 3307: Allocation Guidelines for IPv6 Multicast Addresses
Informative reference — RFC 2119: Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels
Informative reference — RFC 2710: Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) for IPv6
Informative reference — RFC 2236: Internet Group Management Protocol, Version 2
Informative reference — RFC 2365: Administratively Scoped IP Multicast
Informative reference — RFC 4007: IPv6 Scoped Address Architecture
Informative reference — RFC 3973: Protocol Independent Multicast - Dense Mode (PIM-DM): Protocol Specification (Revised)
Informative reference — RFC 1075: Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol
Informative reference — RFC 3678: Socket Interface Extensions for Multicast Source Filters
Informative reference — RFC 2771: An Abstract API for Multicast Address Allocation

Incoming relationships (38 related RFCs)

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 6434: IPv6 Node Requirements
Normatively referenced by — RFC 5740: NACK-Oriented Reliable Multicast (NORM) Transport Protocol
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6831: The Locator/ID Separation Protocol (LISP) for Multicast Environments
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 4609: Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM) Multicast Routing Security Issues and Enhancements
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7450: Automatic Multicast Tunneling
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6636: Tuning the Behavior of the Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) and Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) for Routers in Mobile and Wireless Networks
Normatively referenced by — RFC 5135: IP Multicast Requirements for a Network Address Translator (NAT) and a Network Address Port Translator (NAPT)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6219: The China Education and Research Network (CERNET) IVI Translation Design and Deployment for the IPv4/IPv6 Coexistence and Transition
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8815: Deprecating Any-Source Multicast (ASM) for Interdomain Multicast
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9776: Internet Group Management Protocol, Version 3
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9777: Multicast Listener Discovery Version 2 (MLDv2) for IPv6
Normatively referenced by — RFC 5401: Multicast Negative-Acknowledgment (NACK) Building Blocks
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8114: Delivery of IPv4 Multicast Services to IPv4 Clients over an IPv6 Multicast Network
Normatively referenced by — RFC 5186: Internet Group Management Protocol Version 3 (IGMPv3) / Multicast Listener Discovery Version 2 (MLDv2) and Multicast Routing Protocol Interaction
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6308: Overview of the Internet Multicast Addressing Architecture
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8220: Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) over Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9706: TreeDN: Tree-Based Content Delivery Network (CDN) for Live Streaming to Mass Audiences
Normatively referenced by — RFC 10028: Updates to Dynamic IPv6 Multicast Address Group IDs
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6513: Multicast in MPLS/BGP IP VPNs
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6514: BGP Encodings and Procedures for Multicast in MPLS/BGP IP VPNs
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7201: Options for Securing RTP Sessions
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6679: Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) for RTP over UDP
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7667: RTP Topologies
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5771: IANA Guidelines for IPv4 Multicast Address Assignments
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7297: IP Connectivity Provisioning Profile (CPP)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6037: Cisco Systems' Solution for Multicast in BGP/MPLS IP VPNs
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8994: An Autonomic Control Plane (ACP)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5501: Requirements for Multicast Support in Virtual Private LAN Services
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6284: Port Mapping between Unicast and Multicast RTP Sessions
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6826: Multipoint LDP In-Band Signaling for Point-to-Multipoint and Multipoint-to-Multipoint Label Switched Paths
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8364: PIM Flooding Mechanism (PFM) and Source Discovery (SD)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8775: PIM Designated Router Load Balancing
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5058: Explicit Multicast (Xcast) Concepts and Options
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6469: RTP Payload Format for DV (IEC 61834) Video
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7442: Carrying Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM) in Any-Source Multicast (ASM) Mode Trees over Multipoint LDP (mLDP)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7678: Attribute-Value Pairs for Provisioning Customer Equipment Supporting IPv4-Over-IPv6 Transitional Solutions