RFC 3306 question

Kerry Lynn <kerlyn2001@gmail.com> Tue, 09 August 2011 21:50 UTC

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Subject: RFC 3306 question
From: Kerry Lynn <kerlyn2001@gmail.com>
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RFC 3306 states:


"The scope of the unicast-prefix based multicast address MUST NOT
exceed the scope of the unicast prefix embedded in the multicast
address."


I'd just like to verify my interpretation that site-local multicast addresses

MAY be formed from ULA prefixes?  If so, should a particular value

(e.g. 0x0000) be used as the subnet ID portion of the prefix?


Thanks, -K-