netdev - Re: [PATCH] IPv4 Multicast: prevent reception of mcast frames from unjoined groups

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Message-ID: <OF6F2387F9.1EAA3BCD-ON88257483.005E2CF9-88257483.005EE681@us.ibm.com>
Date:	Fri, 11 Jul 2008 10:16:41 -0700
From:	David Stevens <dlstevens@...ibm.com>
To:	Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, jmorris@...ei.org, kaber@...sh.net,
	kuznet@....inr.ac.ru, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev-owner@...r.kernel.org, nhorman@...driver.com,
	pekkas@...core.fi, yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] IPv4 Multicast: prevent reception of mcast frames from	unjoined
 groups

netdev-owner@...r.kernel.org wrote on 07/11/2008 08:21:13 AM:

> The current ipv4 multicast code incorrectly allows frames destined to 
any
> multicast group to be received on any socket that is bound to 
INADDR_ANY,
> regardless of weather or not that socket is subscribed to that group.

NACK. As Alexey already quoted from me, multicasting just doesn't work
that way, since the beginning of time.

                                                                +-DLS

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