5.3 Merge window, part 1

Posted Jul 17, 2019 16:41 UTC (Wed) by luto (guest, #39314)
In reply to: 5.3 Merge window, part 1 by naptastic
Parent article: 5.3 Merge window, part 1

The CME uses multicast. See here, for example:

ftp://ftp.cmegroup.com/SBEFix/Production/Configuration/co...

5.3 Merge window, part 1

Posted Jul 17, 2019 21:34 UTC (Wed) by mtaht (subscriber, #11087) [Link]

The 224/8 and 239/8 ranges were allocated and used for some still common multicast applications. 232/8-238/8 are mapped for a variety of mostly, but not entirely obsolete: https://www.iana.org/assignments/multicast-addresses/mult...

As I said, 225/8-231/8 appear to be entirely unused in the world. 120m addresses.

Let's make 'em unicast!

5.3 Merge window, part 1

Posted Jul 17, 2019 21:35 UTC (Wed) by mtaht (subscriber, #11087) [Link]

(to be clear, that particular multicast application uses addresses in the 233 range)