On Thu, 11 Apr 2002 15:00:00 EDT, "Headley, Kevin" <kevin.headleyat_private> said: > Since IGMP is multicast group membership and wouldn't pass a router unless > specifically configured to do so (in many cases at least)...I have seen > occasions where either the local machine is sending packets or a few other > machines on that segment are joinging the group, responding... Anybody *else* remember a certain worm randomly picking IP addresses to attack, and causing IGMP meltdowns when it happened to pick a 224.x.x.x address, as all the multicast-aware hosts would start asking about the group? I remember a 2AM firestorm that took several of our routers and part of Abeliene with it... -- Valdis Kletnieks Computer Systems Senior Engineer Virginia Tech
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