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IANA Allocations for Mobile Ad Hoc Network (MANET) Protocols

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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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   This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the
   Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
   improvements.  Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet
   Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state
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 Abstract

   This document enumerates several common IANA allocations for use by
   Mobile Ad hoc NETwork (MANET) protocols.  The following well-known
   numbers are required: a UDP port number, an IP protocol number, and a
   link-local multicast group address.







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RFC 5498 IANA Allocations for MANET Protocols March 2009 Table of Contents 1. Introduction ....................................................2 2. Conventions Used in This Document ...............................2 3. UDP Port Number .................................................2 4. IP Protocol Number ..............................................2 5. Link-Local Multicast Group for MANET Routers ....................3 6. IANA Considerations .............................................3 7. Security Considerations .........................................4 8. Acknowledgements ................................................4 9. References ......................................................5 9.1. Normative References .......................................5 9.2. Informative References .....................................5 1. Introduction This document enumerates several common IANA allocations for use by one or more protocols that conform to [RFC 5444]. 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 [RFC 5444]. [RFC 5444] 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 [RFC 2119]. 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. Chakeres Standards Track PAGE 2 top

RFC 5498 IANA Allocations for MANET Protocols March 2009 5. Link-Local Multicast Group for MANET Routers MANET routers require a well-known, link-local multicast address [RFC 4291] 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". For IPv4, a well-known, link-local scope multicast address is required. The address for LL-MANET-Routers is 224.0.0.109. For IPv6, a well-known, link-local scope multicast address is required. The address for LL-MANET-Routers is FF02:0:0:0:0:0:0:6D. 6. IANA Considerations This document enumerates several common IANA allocations for use by one or more protocols that conform to [RFC 5444]. 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). Action 1: IANA has made the following assignments in the "PORT NUMBERS" registry: sub-registry "WELL KNOWN PORT NUMBERS" Keyword Decimal Description References ------- ------- ----------- ---------- manet 269/udp MANET Protocols [RFC 5498] Action 2: IANA has made the following assignments in the "PROTOCOL NUMBERS" registry: sub-registry "WELL KNOWN PORT NUMBERS" Keyword Decimal Description References ------- ------- ----------- ---------- manet 138 MANET Protocols [RFC 5498] Chakeres Standards Track PAGE 3 top

RFC 5498 IANA Allocations for MANET Protocols March 2009 Action 3: IANA has made the following assignments in the "Internet Multicast Addresses" registry: sub-registry "224.0.0.0 - 224.0.0.255 (224.0.0/24) Local Network Control Block" 224.0.0.109 LL-MANET-Routers [RFC 5498] Action 4: IANA has made the following assignments in the "INTERNET PROTOCOL VERSION 6 MULTICAST ADDRESSES" registry: sub-registry "Fixed Scope Multicast Addresses" sub-sub-registry "Link-Local Scope" FF02:0:0:0:0:0:0:6D LL-MANET-Routers [RFC 5498] 7. Security Considerations This document specifies only well-known numbers for protocols that conform to [RFC 5444], 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. The security issues associated with possibly operating multiple cooperating protocols using the same IANA assignments (e.g., UDP port) MUST be addressed in each protocol's specification. 8. Acknowledgements Fred Templin, Bill Fenner, Alexandru Petrescu, Sam Weiler, Ross Callon, and Lars Eggert provided valuable input to this document. Chakeres Standards Track PAGE 4 top

RFC 5498 IANA Allocations for MANET Protocols March 2009 9. References 9.1. Normative References [RFC 2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997. [RFC 4291] Hinden, R. and S. Deering, "IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture", RFC 4291, February 2006. [RFC 5444] Clausen, T., Dearlove, C., Dean, J., and C. Adjih, "Generalized Mobile Ad Hoc Network (MANET) Packet/Message Format", RFC 5444, February 2009. 9.2. Informative References [IANA] http://www.iana.org/ Author's Address Ian D Chakeres CenGen 9250 Bendix Road North Columbia MD 21045 USA EMail: ian.chakeres@gmail.com URI: http://www.ianchak.com/ Chakeres Standards Track PAGE 5 top

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