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Re: Version of mDNS document for review



> Has an IPv6 link-local multicast been allocated as well?

Section 2.1.1 describes how the IPv6 "solicited name multicast address" is
determined. This procedure is the same as that specified in section 3 of
"IPv6 Node Information Queries". So no additional IPv6 link-local address
allocation is required. 

> I thought there was a suggestion on the floor to also
> name the protocol something other than *DNS i.e. to point out that
> if offers a similar name resolution service to DNS but limited to
> a single link (and happens to reuse DNS packet formats).
> Thus "Link local ... name lookup" might be a reasonable name.

There has been a suggestion to call it "Linklocal Multicast DNS" (llmDNS). 



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