Re: [v6ops] ref Hosts dont MLD to join LL groups

On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 02:27:42PM +0200, Ole Troan wrote:
> > Regarding the mic discussion about unicast RAs a SHOULD.
> > 
> > I have been directed that the reference saying that Hosts dont MLD to join multicast groups is RFC3810:
> > 
> > "  The link-scope all-nodes multicast address, (FF02::1), is handled as
> >   a special case.  On all nodes -- that is all hosts and routers,
> >   including multicast routers -- listening to packets destined to the
> >   all-nodes multicast address, from all sources, is permanently enabled
> >   on all interfaces on which multicast listening is supported.  No MLD
> >   messages are ever sent regarding neither the link-scope all-nodes
> >   multicast address, nor any multicast address of scope 0 (reserved) or
> >   1 (node-local).???
> 
> I do wonder if we should expand that exception to all link-scope multicast addresses.
> 
> the bridge implementors I speak to tell me that they don???t have enough state to do MLD snooping for link-local scoped multicast addresses anyway...

I can confirm that many switches do not apply MLD snooping/the subsequent "limited forwarding" to link-local MC groups, namely solicited-node. Read: they send those out an all ports, even with MLD snooping enabled.
[see also https://www.troopers.de/media/filer_public/7c/35/7c35967a-d0d4-46fb-8a3b-4c16df37ce59/troopers15_ipv6secsummit_atlasis_rey_salazar_mld_considered_harmful_final.pdf]
There's also https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-pashby-magma-simplify-mld-snooping-01.

best

Enno

> 
> cheers,
> Ole

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