[pim] Suggestion: Re: Re: pim WGLC for draft-ietf-pim-ga ap-06

Btw:

Just going through Sandy's review for rfc1112bis and would suggest
to add a paragraph the existing history paragraph:

   Other approaches to multicast group allocation have been proposed in
   the past, they include mDNS [RFC6762], MADCAP [RFC2730], MASC
   [RFC2909], and IPv6 Allocation Guidelines [RFC3307].  However, they
   require configuration, used on a single subnet, and are not
   decentralized.

Something like this:

   Previously, SAP ({{RFC2974}} together with SDP ({{RFC4566}}) could support
   zeroconf allocation of addresses, even avoiding MAC address collisions,
   but SDP was not designed solely for IP multicast address allocation but complete
   multimedia application session description and announcements, threfore
   introducing significant undesired overhead for applications that do not
   require such descriptions but only address allocation. Likewise, SAP
   was optimized for global scope IP multicast, hence requiring significant
   amount of time to discover all IP multicast addresses that are in use.

Cheers
    Toerless

On Sun, Feb 15, 2026 at 01:45:57PM -0800, Dino Farinacci wrote:
> Submitted -09. Here is the changed text:
> 
> 


> 
> 
> Dino
> 
> > On Feb 14, 2026, at 1:08 PM, Stig Venaas <[email protected]> wrote:
> > 
> > Thanks Dino. Changes look good, just one thing.
> > 
> > 
> > On Fri, Feb 13, 2026 at 2:12 PM Dino Farinacci <[email protected]> wrote:
> > [...]
> >> We have clarified that the Timestamp is a 32-bit standard epoch UTC timestamp in seconds per RFC 8536. We also added documentation that records may not be aligned and the Group Name field follows immediately after the Timestamp field.
> > 
> > You misunderstood what I wrote here. I think it is good to point out
> > that a record starts right after the Group Name field of the previous
> > record.
> > 
> > For the address space section and reviews, should we maybe see if
> > mboned has thoughts on the address space? Should we try to get some
> > directorate reviews before requesting publication? Maybe routing area
> > and int area makes sense?
> > 
> > Can you authors (and anyone else who might know) state whether you are
> > aware of any IPR?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Stig
> 


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