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* multicasting: IP_MULTICAST_LOOP & ttl==0 bug?
@ 2001-07-13 19:06 Yuri
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From: Yuri @ 2001-07-13 19:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Hi.

I seem to have found out that depending on whether or not multicast
loopback is enabled outgoing multicast packets with ttl set to 0 are
treated differently.  

In both cases I set ttl of outgoing packets to 0 (with
IP_MULTICAST_TTL setsockopt).  If multicast loop is enabled, packets
remain local for the machine and are not sent onto the wire (expected
behavior).  However, if I disable multicast loopback, packets with ttl
0 show up on the wire.  Is this a bug or I'm missing something?

Kernel version is 2.4.3-12.

Thanks,

  -Yuri

P.S.  Please CC.

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