"[RFC PATCH net-next 1/2] Allow 225/8-231/8 as unicast"

2019-09-13 Thread Mark Smith
Hi, (Not subscribed to the mailing list) I've just noticed this patch. I don't think it should be applied, as 225/8 through 231/8 falls within the IANA designated Class D multicast address range. (https://www.iana.org/assignments/ipv4-address-space/ipv4-address-space.xhtml) Using this address r

[RFC PATCH net-next 1/2] Allow 225/8-231/8 as unicast

2019-09-09 Thread Dave Taht
This patch converts the long "reserved for future use" multicast address space, 225/8-231/8 - 120m addresses - for use as unicast addresses instead. In a comprehensive survey of all the open source code on the planet we found no users of this range. We found some official and unofficial usage of a