Multicast is a technology used to address multiple hosts as a group. A host multicasts to a group of hosts by sending an IP packet to a special IP address that identifies the group. An IP address is ...

In this article I explain how the Linux kernel manages multicast traffic and how it is possible to interact with it by simply patching some kernel code. Although this is a rather specific topic, it ...

At last, a small set of unicast addresses have been defined for special use. They do not carry a scope, so they are discussed independently of the other unicast addresses. Two basic addresses carry ...