Thomas Narten wrote:
> > How so? One can renew multicast addresses. (Conceivably an
> > implementation could support the ability to automatically renew
> > multicast addresses as long as the unicast address stays valid.)
>
> Suppose I want to get a multicast address so I can advertise a session
> (e.g., on a web page). I do this two weeks in advance of the event. I
> want the address to last one day only. The key point is that I will
> want to use the address staring two weeks from now.
>
> However, because unicast lifetimes are only a week, that's too far
> into the future to actually get the address (yet), so the address
> can't be obtained yet. This would seem like it might be a problem. Is
> it? (I don't know how this scenario fits with the way multicast is
> actually used in IPv4, so this really is a question.)
>
> Thomas
In IPv4 I would say, use a GLOP address for this. (We'll rent you one if you don't
have any.)
Regards
Marshall Eubanks
T.M. Eubanks
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