Hi Éric, all,

I've just updated the shepherd write-up as requested.

Thanks,

Carlos

On Mon, Jun 8, 2026 at 8:52 AM Eric Vyncke (evyncke) <[email protected]>
wrote:

> # Éric Vyncke, INT AD, AD review for
> draft-ietf-intarea-multicast-application-port-06
> CC @evyncke
>
> Thank you for the work put into this document. Please find below my AD
> review.
>
> As the responsible AD, I expect all the points below to be addressed,
> either by a revised I-D, or an email reply. Of course, authors and WG can
> reject my points, but this needs to be justified. Once all the points are
> addressed, I will proceed with the publication process, i.e., IETF Last
> Call.
>
> Special thanks to Carlos Bernardos for the shepherd's detailed write-up
> including the WG consensus and the justification of the intended status.
>
> I hope that this review helps to improve the document,
>
> Regards,
>
> -éric
>
> Note: this AD reviews follows the Markdown syntax of
> https://github.com/mnot/ietf-comments/tree/main, i.e., they can be
> processed by a tool to create github issues.
>
> ## Critical issues
>
> ### Updating shepherd's write-up
>
> As the Q9 was addressed in revision -06, the write-up should be updated.
>
> Q11 should also be updated to state that PS is required for interoperation
> between source and members.
>
> ### Abstract
>
> s/The document *proposes assigning* a UDP port/The document *assigns* a
> UDP port/, be assertive as it will be published as PS.
>
> ### Section 1
>
> Please add informative references to ASM and SSM.
>
> Perhaps ? s/source address and destination multicast address /source
> *unicast* address and destination multicast address / ?
>
> It is unclear (at least to me) what is `with a unicast port` in the last
> paragraph, is it a unicast post assigned to the application ? or ? Let's be
> clear.
>
> ### Section 6
>
> Why not a MUST in `rules referencing the Multicast Application Port SHOULD
> also consider the destination multicast address` ?
>
> ### Section 7
>
> What is meant by `ask if the Multicast Application Port may be used` ?
> I.e., to whom should the IANA ask the question ?
>
> ## Non-critical / cosmetic issues
>
> Note: these points must also be addressed.
>
> ### Note about IPv4/IPv6
>
> Suggest adding a simple note in the introduction stating that this
> technique applies both for IPv6 and IPv4.
>
> ### Section 2
>
> s/the Multicast Application Port SHALL NOT be used/the Multicast
> Application Port *MUST** NOT be used/ while SHALL/MUST are equivalent per
> BCP14, I find "MUST" more obvious. It is a matter of taste, feel free to
> leave as it is.
>
>
>
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