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Re: IGMP and PIM protection


From: Peter Hicks <peter.hicks () poggs co uk>
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:26:22 +0000

Glen Kent wrote:
Any idea if folks use AH or ESP to protect IGMP/PIM packets? Wondering
that if they do, then how would snooping switches work?
Would encrypting multicast not fundamentally break the concept of multicast itself, unless you're encrypting multicast traffic over a backbone?


Peter




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