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dcol
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Multicast traffic
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March 30, 2018, 12:31:13 am »
What is generally the best practice for IGMP Multicast traffic. Allow or block on the internal networks?
I do see occasional hits from a WiFi router, which are now blocked with a default deny rule.
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dcol
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March 31, 2018, 08:17:34 pm »
Bump, anyone.....
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elektroinside
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March 31, 2018, 09:54:50 pm »
Allow on the local net
It's actually a tool to improve network traffic in some cases.
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Re: Multicast traffic
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March 31, 2018, 09:57:53 pm »
That's what I thought. I will create a floating rule including all my internal interfaces, but not to WAN, to allow IGMP.
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March 31, 2018, 10:15:52 pm »
You're welcome. Go ahead, although, just as a side note, in very secured setups, all (except the very minimum) TCP/IP processed stuff are disabled, including IGMP. And also worth mentioning that older OSs are vulnerable (regarding IGMP) but patches are available
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April 01, 2018, 06:53:53 am »
It only works in the local LAN if you don't use multicast routing (which is currently unsupported), so you can either create a rule for allowing or a rule for dropping with logging disabled.
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