The IESG has received a request from the Internet Area Working Group WG (intarea) to consider the following document: - 'The Multicast Application Port' <draft-ietf-intarea-multicast-application-port-07.txt> as Proposed Standard
The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits final comments on this action. Please send substantive comments to the [email protected] mailing lists by 2026-06-29. Exceptionally, comments may be sent to [email protected] instead. In either case, please retain the beginning of the Subject line to allow automated sorting. Abstract This document discusses the drawbacks of the current practice of assigning a UDP port to each multicast application. Such assignments are redundant because the multicast address already uniquely identifies the data. The document assigns a UDP port specifically for use with multicast applications and lists requirements for using this port. This approach provides immediate compatibility with existing protocol stacks, while also requiring improvements to make the port easier to use. The file can be obtained via https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-intarea-multicast-application-port/ No IPR declarations have been submitted directly on this I-D. _______________________________________________ Int-area mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
