Network Working Group I. Chakeres
Request for Comments: 5498 CenGen
Category: Standards Track March 2009
IANA Allocations for Mobile Ad Hoc Network (MANET) Protocols
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RFC 5498 IANA Allocations for MANET Protocols March 2009
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
This document enumerates several common IANA allocations for use by one or more protocols that conform to [RFC5444]. The following well-known numbers are required: a UDP port number, an IP protocol number, and a link-local multicast group address. All interoperable protocols running on these well-known IANA allocations MUST conform to [RFC5444]. [RFC5444] provides a common format that enables one or more protocols to share the IANA allocations defined in this document unambiguously.
2. Conventions Used in This Document
The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119 [RFC2119].
3. UDP Port Number
MANET routers require a well-known UDP port number [IANA] to send and receive MANET routing protocol packets. The title of this UDP port is "manet". The value of this UDP port is 269.
4. IP Protocol Number
MANET routers require a well-known IP protocol number [IANA] to send and receive MANET routing protocol packets. The title of this IP protocol number is "manet". The value of this IP protocol number is 138.
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RFC 5498 IANA Allocations for MANET Protocols March 2009 5. Link-Local Multicast Group for MANET RoutersMANET routers require a well-known, link-local multicast address [RFC4291] to send and receive MANET routing protocol packets. The name of the multicast address to reach link-local (LL) MANET routers is "LL-MANET-Routers".
6. IANA Considerations
This document enumerates several common IANA allocations for use by one or more protocols that conform to [RFC5444]. Specifically, the following well-known numbers have been assigned: a UDP port (Section 3), an IP protocol number (Section 4), and a link-local multicast group address (Section 5).
Keyword Decimal Description References
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manet 269/udp MANET Protocols [RFC5498]
Action 2:
Keyword Decimal Description References
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manet 138 MANET Protocols [RFC5498]
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Action 3:
7. Security Considerations
This document specifies only well-known numbers for protocols that conform to [RFC5444], and it not does not specify the protocols that carry the information across the network. Each protocol using these well-known numbers may have its own set of security issues, but those issues are not affected by using the IANA allocations specified herein.
8. Acknowledgements
Fred Templin, Bill Fenner, Alexandru Petrescu, Sam Weiler, Ross Callon, and Lars Eggert provided valuable input to this document.
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RFC 5498 IANA Allocations for MANET Protocols March 2009 9. References 9.1. Normative References[RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
9.2. Informative References
[IANA] http://www.iana.org/