Antonio Querubin writes:
> If it is how about just defining mapped multicast addresses already?
[...]
>    |                80 bits               | 16 |      32 bits        |
>    +--------------------------------------+--------------------------+
>    |0000..............................0000|FFFF|IPv4 multicast group |
>    +--------------------------------------+----+---------------------+

This has been discussed before, and the above format is illegal, since
all multicast addresses must begin with 0xFF, not 0x00.

I think someone did once propose a format which was out of the legal
multicast space.

-Dave
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