On 28/03/2008, carbon60 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > James.Strachan wrote: > > > > On 27/03/2008, carbon60 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I apologize for asking basic questions! I am trying to configure > >> multicast > >> discovery among brokers on an insecure network. Is this possible or a > >> good > >> idea? > >> > >> I don't know much about multicast, so I don't understand how to restrict > >> which systems get connected. > > > > You can use different multicast addresses for different groups of > > systems; but multicast is insecure; so you probably wanna use security > > in the brokers to prevent unwanted connections etc. > > > > > Is there anything needed at the OS-level to create a multicast group, or can > I just invent an address?
Just use any multicast address you like - provided multicast is enabled you're good to go. > Also, I need to at least restrict the multicast broadcasts to a specific > network interface, is this possible? Its up to clients to subscribe to the multicast address; if they don't subscribe, they won't get the messages. But multicast goes everywhere - you can't limit it to specific network cards. -- James ------- http://macstrac.blogspot.com/ Open Source Integration http://open.iona.com
