Internet-Draft draft-ietf-intarea-multicast-application-port-01.txt is now available. It is a work item of the Internet Area Working Group (INTAREA) WG of the IETF.
Title: The Multicast Application Port Authors: Nate Karstens Stuart Cheshire Mike McBride Name: draft-ietf-intarea-multicast-application-port-01.txt Pages: 7 Dates: 2025-09-13 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 proposes assigning a UDP port specifically for use with multicast applications and lists requirements for using this port. This method does not require modification to existing protocol stacks, though recommended updates to make the port easier to use are included. The IETF datatracker status page for this Internet-Draft is: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-intarea-multicast-application-port/ There is also an HTMLized version available at: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-intarea-multicast-application-port-01 A diff from the previous version is available at: https://author-tools.ietf.org/iddiff?url2=draft-ietf-intarea-multicast-application-port-01 Internet-Drafts are also available by rsync at: rsync.ietf.org::internet-drafts _______________________________________________ Int-area mailing list -- int-area@ietf.org To unsubscribe send an email to int-area-le...@ietf.org