Bugtraq: Re: udp packet storms

[chowes () helix net (Charles Howes)]

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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