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Re: [2.4 PATCH] bugfix: ARP respond on all devices

To: "Bas Bloemsaat" <bloemsaa@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [2.4 PATCH] bugfix: ARP respond on all devices
From: Stephan von Krawczynski <skraw@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 18:19:16 +0200
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On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 15:11:59 +0200
"Bas Bloemsaat" <bloemsaa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > The RFC I quoted (985) says the ARP packets generated by Linux
> > should be dropped. Sure, the RFC isn't a standard, but there ARE plenty of
> > implementations that obey it for perfectly valid security reasons.
> Same goes for 1180. It it doesn't define a standard either, but makes
> perfectly clear that any interface has it's own ARP, not one ARP for the
> entire system.

Does "has its own ARP" mean "has its own ARP-table"?
I just want to understand you correctly.

Regards,
Stephan

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