Jari, > > 4.6 Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) for IPv6 - RFC2710 > > > > If an application is going to join any-source multicast group > > addresses, it SHOULD implement MLDv1. When MLD is used, the rules in > > "Source Address Selection for the Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) > > Protocol" [RFC-3590] MUST be followed. > > > > > >>>If I understand correctly, these nodes could support either > >>>MLDv1 or MLDv2. > > The document already allows either MLDv1 or MLDv2 to > be used. And yes, MLDv2 is backwards compatible to > MLDv1 as John pointed out. > > Perhaps the only question that I have left is... whether > IPv6 nodes should support MLDv2 instead of MLDv1. The > node requirements document and the MLDv2 draft intro > gives the impression that the only difference is > source-specific filtering. Then the current node > reqs rules make sense. But Appendix B of the MLDv2 > draft seems to list a number of other modifications, > including some enhancements to robustness. Are these > important? I'm not an expert enough to determine that.
Appendicies are non-normative, so I think that we don't need to worry about it in the Node Requirements document, though I am by no means an MLD expert. John -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Administrative Requests: https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
