[pkgsrc/trunk]: pkgsrc/mbone/mdd As pointed out by Johnatan Stone, this tool ...

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details:   https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/pkgsrc/rev/580cb11983f3
branches:  trunk
changeset: 491729:580cb11983f3
user:      manu <manu%pkgsrc.org@localhost>
date:      Tue Mar 29 07:15:52 2005 +0000

description:
As pointed out by Johnatan Stone, this tool needs a strong warning about
being unsuitable for internet use.

diffstat:

 mbone/mdd/DESCR |  6 ++++++
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diffs (13 lines):

diff -r 4a1fea0a5162 -r 580cb11983f3 mbone/mdd/DESCR
--- a/mbone/mdd/DESCR   Tue Mar 29 07:02:25 2005 +0000
+++ b/mbone/mdd/DESCR   Tue Mar 29 07:15:52 2005 +0000
@@ -4,3 +4,9 @@
 
 The protocol used is rather simple and will not make any effort to avoid
 flooding your network. IGMP-snooping enabled switches are advised.
+
+WARNING: this tool is designed to operate on a private LAN where no
+congestion occurs. It has no rate limiting feature, which makes it 
+unsuitable for use on the Internet. Do not try to use it outside of
+a private LAN, it will attempt to eat all your bandwidth to flood the
+multicast group you send data to.