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One common use case is multicast DNS (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multicast_DNS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multicast_DNS) which uses multicast for individu

by thayne 7y ago

One common use case is multicast DNS (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multicast_DNS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multicast_DNS) which uses multicast for individual hosts to publish services available on them to other hosts on the network without needing a dedicated DNS server.