Many sections of this manual refer to RFCs for more information about certain networking topics. These documents publicize Internet standards, new research concepts, and status memos about the Internet. You can access the full range of RFC documents and more information about the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) at the following URL:

http://www.ietf.org/rfc.html

You can obtain additional information about mrouted and IP multicast routing from the following RFC (Request for Comment) documents:

RFC 1075: Distance-Vector Multicast Routing Protocol

RFC 1112: Host Extensions for IP Multicasting

Other Documents

HP does not maintain and own the following information. As such, their content and availability are subject to change without notice.

The MBONE FAQ

The Multicast Backbone (MBONE) is a virtual network implemented on top of the physical Internet. It supports routing of IP multicast packets. It originated as a cooperative, volunteer effort to support experimentation in audio and video teleconferencing over the Internet. You can find an HTML-formatted version of the MBONE FAQ at the URL:

http://www.ripe.net/rite/wg/mbone/eu-faq.html

iknow Topics of Interest

HP iknow Topics of Interest describe some networking concepts and tasks, as well as other topics. You can find these documents on the HP-UX networking communications home page at the following URL

http://docs.hp.com/iknow

Typographical Conventions

This document uses the following typographic conventions:

audit (5)

An HP-UX manpage. In this example, audit is the

 

name and 5 is the section in the HP-UX Reference. On

 

the Web and on the Instant Information CD, it may be

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