| To: | "Richard Underwood" <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "'David S. Miller'" <davem@xxxxxxxxxx>, "Stephan von Krawczynski" <skraw@xxxxxxxxxx> |
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| Subject: | Re: [2.4 PATCH] bugfix: ARP respond on all devices |
| From: | "Bas Bloemsaat" <bloemsaa@xxxxxxxxx> |
| Date: | Tue, 19 Aug 2003 15:11:59 +0200 |
| Cc: | <willy@xxxxxxxxx>, <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <carlosev@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, <lamont@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <davidsen@xxxxxxx>, <marcelo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx>, <linux-net@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <layes@xxxxxxxxx>, <torvalds@xxxxxxxx>, <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
| References: | <353568DCBAE06148B70767C1B1A93E625EAB57@post.pc.aspectgroup.co.uk> |
| Sender: | netdev-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxx |
> 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. Regards, Bas |
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