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4.6. Multicast Routing Chapter 4. Routing 4.6. Multicast Routing 4.6.1. Overview The Multicast Problem Certain types of Internet interactions, such as conferencing and video broadcasts, require a single client or host to send the same packet to multiple receivers. This could be achieved through the sender duplicating the packet with different receiving IP addresses or by a broadcast of the packet across the Internet. These solutions waste large amounts of sender resources or network bandwidth and are therefore not satisfactory. An appropriate solution should also be able to scale to large numbers of receivers. The Multicast Routing Solution Multicast Routing solves the problem by the network routers themselves, replicating and forwarding packets via the optimum route to all members of a group. The IETF standards that allow multicast routing are the following: • Class D of the IP address space which is reserved for multicast traffic. Each multicast IP address represent an arbitrary group of recipients. • The Internet Group Membership Protocol (IGMP) allows a receiver to tell the network that it is a member of a particular multicast group. • Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) is a group of routing protocols for deciding the optimal path for multicast packets. Underlying Principles Multicast routing functions on the principle that an interested receiver joins a group for a multicast by using the IGMP protocol. PIM routers can then duplicate and forward packets to all members of such a multicast group, thus creating a distribution tree for packet flow. Rather than acquiring new network information, PIM uses the routing information from existing protocols, such as OSPF, to decide the optimal path. Reverse Path Forwarding A key mechanism in the multicast routing process is Reverse Path Forwarding. For unicast traffic, a router is concerned only with a packet's destination. With multicast, the router is also concerned with a packets source since it forwards the packet on paths which are known to be downstream, away from the packet's source. This approach is adopted to avoid loops in the distribution tree. Routing to the Correct Interface By default, multicast packets are routed by NetDefendOS to the core interface (in other words, to NetDefendOS itself). SAT Multiplex rules are set up in the IP rule set in order to perform forwarding to the correct interfaces. This is demonstrated in the examples described later. Note: Interface multicast handling must be On or Auto For multicast to function with an Ethernet interface on any NetDefend Firewall, that interface must have multicast handling set to On or Auto. For further details on this see Section 3.3.2, "Ethernet Interfaces". 194

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4.6. Multicast Routing
4.6.1. Overview
The Multicast Problem
Certain types of Internet interactions, such as conferencing and video broadcasts, require a single
client or host to send the same packet to multiple receivers. This could be achieved through the
sender duplicating the packet with different receiving IP addresses or by a broadcast of the packet
across the Internet. These solutions waste large amounts of sender resources or network bandwidth
and are therefore not satisfactory. An appropriate solution should also be able to scale to large
numbers of receivers.
The Multicast Routing Solution
Multicast Routing solves the problem by the network routers themselves, replicating and forwarding
packets via the optimum route to all members of a group.
The IETF standards that allow multicast routing are the following:
Class D of the IP address space which is reserved for multicast traffic. Each multicast IP address
represent an arbitrary group of recipients.
The
Internet Group Membership Protocol
(IGMP) allows a receiver to tell the network that it is
a member of a particular multicast group.
Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) is a group of routing protocols for deciding the optimal
path for multicast packets.
Underlying Principles
Multicast routing functions on the principle that an interested receiver joins a group for a multicast
by using the IGMP protocol. PIM routers can then duplicate and forward packets to all members of
such a multicast group, thus creating a
distribution tree
for packet flow. Rather than acquiring new
network information, PIM uses the routing information from existing protocols, such as OSPF, to
decide the optimal path.
Reverse Path Forwarding
A key mechanism in the multicast routing process is
Reverse Path Forwarding
. For unicast traffic, a
router is concerned only with a packet's destination. With multicast, the router is also concerned
with a packets source since it forwards the packet on paths which are known to be downstream,
away from the packet's source. This approach is adopted to avoid loops in the distribution tree.
Routing to the Correct Interface
By default, multicast packets are routed by NetDefendOS to the
core
interface (in other words, to
NetDefendOS itself).
SAT Multiplex rules
are set up in the IP rule set in order to perform forwarding
to the correct interfaces. This is demonstrated in the examples described later.
Note: Interface multicast handling must be On or Auto
For multicast to function with an Ethernet interface on any NetDefend Firewall, that
interface must have multicast handling set to
On
or
Auto
. For further details on this
see Section 3.3.2, “Ethernet Interfaces”.
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