Hi, I'm exploring ways to implementing PGM on Linux. (PGM is a basic multicast protocol [ http://research.microsoft.com/barc/mbone/pgm.aspx ] which is currently implemented in Windows XP and in Cisco routers.) Am I right to think there are three possible approaches to implementation? 1) write an implementation as a contribution to the kernel; 2) write a kernel module to be maintained perpetually out-of-tree; 3) implement the protocol in userspace (raw IP / netfilter?) What would you recommend? Alternatively, this thread: http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/net/0310.2/0027.html http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/net/0310.2/0030.html suggests a view that ipv4 multicast is de-facto irrelevant, unused and critically buggy at the (linux?) ethernet layer. Does this imply you have a similar view of the relevance of the PGM protocol? Rgds Anthony - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
