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Re: Why don't we use multicast more often?

From: Bill Owens <>
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Subject: Re: Why don't we use multicast more often?
Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 17:17:37 -0400

On Thu, May 13, 2004 at 01:24:09PM -0700, Andrew Swan wrote:
> this was discussed recently on the freebsd-net mailing list.
> the kame folks are unwilling to commit igmpv3 and mldv2 back
> in to freebsd until the apple intellectual property issues
> have been resolved...

Gotta love those software patents. I just sent a note to the ipv6 list at
Apple, asking whether there might be a way to move this along since they're
effectively at both ends of the chain (their OS won't get the feature until
their lawyers let other people have it).

Bill.

Re: Why don't we use multicast more often?, (continued)
- Re: Why don't we use multicast more often?, Russ Hobby, 05/13/2004
  - Re: Why don't we use multicast more often?, Tom Pusateri, 05/13/2004
    - Re: Why don't we use multicast more often?, Chris Rapier, 05/13/2004
      - Re: Why don't we use multicast more often?, William F. Maton, 05/13/2004
        
        RE: Why don't we use multicast more often?, Michael Hallgren, 05/13/2004
        
        Re: Why don't we use multicast more often?, Alan Crosswell, 05/13/2004
        
        Re: Why don't we use multicast more often?, William F. Maton, 05/13/2004
        
        Re: Why don't we use multicast more often?, Joel Jaeggli, 05/14/2004
        
        Re: Why don't we use multicast more often?, John Zwiebel, 05/13/2004
        
        Re: Why don't we use multicast more often?, Andrew Swan, 05/13/2004
        
        Re: Why don't we use multicast more often?, Bill Owens, 05/13/2004
        Re: Why don't we use multicast more often?, John Zwiebel, 05/13/2004
        
        Re: Why don't we use multicast more often?, Hugh LaMaster, 05/13/2004
        
        Re: Why don't we use multicast more often?, John Zwiebel, 05/13/2004
        Re: Why don't we use multicast more often?, John Meylor, 05/13/2004
        Re: Why don't we use multicast more often?, John Zwiebel, 05/13/2004
        Re: Why don't we use multicast more often?, Greg Shepherd, 05/13/2004
        
        Re: Why don't we use multicast more often?, John Meylor, 05/13/2004
        
        Re: Why don't we use multicast more often?, Joel Jaeggli, 05/14/2004
        
        Re: Why don't we use multicast more often?, Alan Crosswell, 05/14/2004
        
        Re: Why don't we use multicast more often?, John Kristoff, 05/13/2004

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