[rfc-dist] RFC 7371 on Updates to the IPv6 Multicast Addressing Architecture

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        RFC 7371

        Title:      Updates to the IPv6 Multicast 
                    Addressing Architecture 
        Author:     M. Boucadair, S. Venaas
        Status:     Standards Track
        Stream:     IETF
        Date:       September 2014
        Mailbox:    mohamed.boucadair at orange.com, 
                    stig at cisco.com
        Pages:      10
        Characters: 18327
        Updates:    RFC 3306, RFC 3956, RFC 4291

        I-D Tag:    draft-ietf-6man-multicast-addr-arch-update-08.txt

        URL:        https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7371.txt

This document updates the IPv6 multicast addressing architecture by
redefining the reserved bits as generic flag bits.  The document also
provides some clarifications related to the use of these flag bits.

This document updates RFCs 3956, 3306, and 4291.

This document is a product of the IPv6 Maintenance Working Group of the IETF.

This is now a Proposed Standard.

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