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Comment by Karthik
Submitted on 4/18/2006
Related RFC: RFC 2236
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One more security consideration for IGMP can be that of a non-querier resetting the Last Query Member Timer. Non-querier refreshes LQMT everytime it hears a leave from a host, if some host intentionally keeps sending IGMP leaves then the non-querier keeps forwarding multicast data on that interface.