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From: renglish@hpirs.HP.COM (Robert English)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: LAN multicasts and TCP/IP
Message-ID: <4340002@hpirs.HP.COM>
Date: 11 Apr 89 23:12:46 GMT
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> / hpirs:comp.protocols.tcp-ip / renglish@hpirs.HP.COM (Robert English) /

> But then I learn that the Host Requirements RFC explicitly forbids the
> use of physical network multicast addresses for standard IP messages, to
> the extent that hosts receiving standard IP packets from multicast
> sources are required to drop them.  So long, obvious solution.

Hello, obvious solution.  It appears that I misread the Host
Requirements RFC.  It doesn't outlaw link-level multicast source
addresses for IP packets.  It only outlaws link-level broadcast source
addresses for standard (non-multicast or -broadcast) IP addresses.

My thanks to the individual who took the time to set me straight.

--bob--						renglish%hpda@sde.hp.com