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- From: alvarado@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (victor.m.alvarado)
- Subject: Re: multicast address in 8473 packet (summary of responses)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan8.143847.22776@cbfsb.cb.att.com>
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- Organization: AT&T
- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 14:38:47 GMT
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- Here is my original query:
- > Does anyone know where I can find information about using
- > a multicast address in an 8473 data packet? I also need the
- > definition of the "multicast Group address". Is this a
- > recent development? I couldn't find it in my copies of
- > 8348 AD1 and AD2, although they might be out of date.
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- Here are the responses. Thanks to those who responded.
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- > Date: Wed, 16 Dec 92 15:34:37 CST
- > Subject: Re: multicast address in 8473 data packet
- >
- > This is recent work, and just being drafted. There is no international
- > standard. In fact, the US is expecting to prepare a contribution to the
- > next SC6 Workign Groups meeting covering the topic of multicast addressing
- > for 8473. We have related text for 8348, 8473 itself, and ES-IS.
- > None of this is yet in the repository, although it should be soon.
- > It will be discussed at our meeting January 5-7 (our being X3S3.3).
- >
- > Joel M. Halpern jmh@network.com
- > Network Systems Corporation
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- > Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 10:36:27 WET
- > Subject: Re: multicast address in 8473 data packet
- >
- > You probably want the following:
- >
- > ISO 8348/PDAM5 Amendment 5: Group Network Addressing (ballot closes 92-12-21)
- > ISO 8348/PDAM6 Amendment 6: Multicast Extensions (working draft)
- > ISO 8473/PDAM7 Amendment 7: Multicast Extensions (new project ballot closes 92-12-02)
- >
- > But I don't know if they are available anywhere. They seem to be very much
- > working drafts.
- >
- > David
- >
- > --
- > David Fraser, Spider Software, | e-mail: davidf@spider.co.uk
- > Edinburgh EH6 5NG, Scotland. /\oo/\ "Life is uncertain, eat dessert first"
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- Victor Alvarado
- AT&T Bell Laboratories
- vma@mvuts.att.com
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