On Fri, 2012-06-08 at 11:08 +1000, Mark Andrews wrote: > > This is pretty much the *point* of using multicast instead of > broadcast. > > The point of multicast is be able to reject traffic sooner rather > than later.
Well - yes - and my description was of how, when properly configured and on the right hardware, unwanted multicast IPv6 packets do not even reach the NIC. Regards, K. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Karl Auer (ka...@biplane.com.au) http://www.biplane.com.au/kauer GPG fingerprint: AE1D 4868 6420 AD9A A698 5251 1699 7B78 4EEE 6017 Old fingerprint: DA41 51B1 1481 16E1 F7E2 B2E9 3007 14ED 5736 F687
