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Clear description of the referenced document:
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Status of approval:
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Approved standards track document.
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Justification for the specific reference:
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IETF RFC3228 deals with IANA consideration for IGMP used in IPTV terminal devices.
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Current information, if any, about IPR issues:
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Information on IPR issues regarding RFCs is available at: https://datatracker.ietf.org/ipr/search/. Specifically: https://datatracker.ietf.org/ipr/search/?option=rfc_search&rfc_search=3228
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Other useful information describing the "Quality" of the document:
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This RFC has been in existence since Feburary 2002. IGMP v2 is very widely used and is a de-facto standard for host-to-router IP multicast membership control.
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The degree of stability or maturity of the document:
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RFC 3228 was published in Feburary 2002. It is a standards-track document and is currently in the "Internet Official Protocol Standards" state. Current standards status of this document can be found at ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/std/std1.txt
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Relationship with other existing or emerging documents:
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RFC 3228 relate with RFC 2336 IGMP v2.
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Any explicit references within that referenced document should also be listed:
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[1] Fenner, W., "Internet Group Management Protocol, Version 2", RFC 2236, November 1997./
[2] Narten, T. and H. Alvestrand, "Guidelines for Writing an IANA Considerations Section in RFCs", BCP 26, RFC 2434, October 1998.
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Qualification of
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9.1-9.6 Decisions of ITU Council to admit ISOC to participate in the work of the Sector (June 1995 and June 1996).
9.7 The Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG) is responsible for ongoing maintenance of the RFCs when the need arises. Comments on RFCs and corresponding changes are accommodated through the existing standardization process.
9.8 Each revision of a given RFC has a different RFC number, so no confusion is possible. All RFCs always remain available on-line. An index of RFCs and their status may be found in the IETF archives at http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc.html.
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Other (for any supplementary information):
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References should always be made to RFC numbers (and not by other designations such as STD, BCP, etc.). References not to be made to documents referred to as "Internet Drafts" or RFCs categorized as "Historic". Normative references should not be made to RFCs that are not standards, for example, "Informational" and "Experimental" RFCs.
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