Re: [MBONED] Input for 3171bis

[Stig Venaas <venaas at uninett.no>]

Marshall Eubanks wrote:
> On Mar 3, 2009, at 12:39 PM, Michelle Cotton wrote:
> > Once again, SSM addresses should also be globally unique and
> > thus someone should monitor these as well. Shouldn't this be
> > clarified?
>
> I do not see why there is any need for globally unique SSM addresses. 
> The channel
> address (the S,G tuple) needs to be unique, but that can be done by the 
> holder of "S".

The only possible issue is at layer 2. It's not good if everyone uses
G's that result in the same layer 2 addresses. Randomness might be
better than uniqueness for this.

I wouldn't completely rule out that some application may want to get
a well-known SSM group. We do have this for IPv6.

Stig

> Regards
> Marshall
>
>
> > Comments by Pekka Savola (03/09/2008)
> >
> > We have gone through the comments made by Pekka. Some of them will be
> > addressed in an updated version of this document.  Others will be 
> > addressed
> > in a future policy document.  This document it meant to cover more of the
> > procedures for IANA to follow regarding assignments.  We will begin 
> > working
> > on the policy document after this document has been published.  We would
> > like to re-start policy related discussions when we begin working on that
> > document.
> >
> >
> > Please see version 05 of this document that is being Last Called and 
> > submit
> > all comments so that we can review and address them.
> > Marshall can assist with answering questions as he is currently the IESG
> > designated multicast expert.
> >
> > Thank you for your time and efforts.
> >
> > Michelle Cotton
> > Leo Vegoda
> > IANA
> >
> >
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