Re: udp packet storms
Charles Howes (chowes@helix.net)
Mon, 31 Oct 1994 22:54:37 -0800 (PST)
While we're on the topic of broadcast...
[pinging 224.0.0.1 only produced a list of SGI and Cisco systems.
Others may have implemented this since the last time I looked, but I
doubt it.]
RFC1700:
...
> INTERNET MULTICAST ADDRESSES
>
> Host Extensions for IP Multicasting [RFC1112] specifies the
> extensions required of a host implementation of the Internet Protocol
> (IP) to support multicasting. Current addresses are listed below.
>
> 224.0.0.0 Base Address (Reserved) [RFC1112,JBP]
> 224.0.0.1 All Systems on this Subnet [RFC1112,JBP]
> 224.0.0.2 All Routers on this Subnet [JBP]
> 224.0.0.3 Unassigned [JBP]
> 224.0.0.4 DVMRP Routers [RFC1075,JBP]
> 224.0.0.5 OSPFIGP OSPFIGP All Routers [RFC1583,JXM1]
> 224.0.0.6 OSPFIGP OSPFIGP Designated Routers [RFC1583,JXM1]
> 224.0.0.7 ST Routers [RFC1190,KS14]
> 224.0.0.8 ST Hosts [RFC1190,KS14]
> 224.0.0.9 RIP2 Routers [GSM11]
> 224.0.0.10 IGRP Routers [Dino Farinacci]
> 224.0.0.11 Mobile-Agents [Bill Simpson]
> 224.0.0.12-224.0.0.255 Unassigned [JBP]
>
> 224.0.1.0 VMTP Managers Group [RFC1045,DRC3]
> 224.0.1.1 NTP Network Time Protocol [RFC1119,DLM1]
> 224.0.1.2 SGI-Dogfight [AXC]
> 224.0.1.3 Rwhod [SXD]
> 224.0.1.4 VNP [DRC3]
> 224.0.1.5 Artificial Horizons - Aviator [BXF]
> 224.0.1.6 NSS - Name Service Server [BXS2]
> 224.0.1.7 AUDIONEWS - Audio News Multicast [MXF2]
> 224.0.1.8 SUN NIS+ Information Service [CXM3]
> 224.0.1.9 MTP Multicast Transport Protocol [SXA]
> 224.0.1.10 IETF-1-LOW-AUDIO [SC3]
> 224.0.1.11 IETF-1-AUDIO [SC3]
> 224.0.1.12 IETF-1-VIDEO [SC3]
> 224.0.1.13 IETF-2-LOW-AUDIO [SC3]
> 224.0.1.14 IETF-2-AUDIO [SC3]
> 224.0.1.15 IETF-2-VIDEO [SC3]
> 224.0.1.16 MUSIC-SERVICE [Guido van Rossum]
> 224.0.1.17 SEANET-TELEMETRY [Andrew Maffei]
> 224.0.1.18 SEANET-IMAGE [Andrew Maffei]
> 224.0.1.19 MLOADD [Braden]
> 224.0.1.20 any private experiment [JBP]
> 224.0.1.21 DVMRP on MOSPF [John Moy]
> 224.0.1.22 SVRLOC <veizades@ftp.com>
> 224.0.1.23 XINGTV <hgxing@aol.com>
> 224.0.1.24 microsoft-ds <arnoldm@microsoft.com>
> 224.0.1.25 nbc-pro <bloomer@birch.crd.ge.com>
> 224.0.1.26 nbc-pfn <bloomer@birch.crd.ge.com>
> 224.0.1.27-224.0.1.255 Unassigned [JBP]
>
> 224.0.2.1 "rwho" Group (BSD) (unofficial) [JBP]
> 224.0.2.2 SUN RPC PMAPPROC_CALLIT [BXE1]
>
> 224.0.3.000-224.0.3.255 RFE Generic Service [DXS3]
> 224.0.4.000-224.0.4.255 RFE Individual Conferences [DXS3]
> 224.0.5.000-224.0.5.127 CDPD Groups [Bob Brenner]
> 224.0.5.128-224.0.5.255 Unassigned [IANA]
> 224.0.6.000-224.0.6.127 Cornell ISIS Project [Tim Clark]
> 224.0.6.128-224.0.6.255 Unassigned [IANA]
>
> 224.1.0.0-224.1.255.255 ST Multicast Groups [RFC1190,KS14]
> 224.2.0.0-224.2.255.255 Multimedia Conference Calls [SC3]
>
> 224.252.0.0-224.255.255.255 DIS transient groups [Joel Snyder]
>
> 232.0.0.0-232.255.255.255 VMTP transient groups [RFC1045,DRC3]
>
> These addresses are listed in the Domain Name Service under MCAST.NET
> and 224.IN-ADDR.ARPA.
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