Re: IPv6 /64 links (was Re: ipv6 book recommendations?)

[Karl Auer <kauer () biplane com au>]

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.

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