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Re: Bug? ARP with wrong src IP address

from [David S. Miller] [Permanent Link][Original]
To: "Carlos Velasco" <carlosev@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Bug? ARP with wrong src IP address
From: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 11:37:31 -0700
Cc: carlosev@xxxxxxxxxxxx, ja@xxxxxx, bdschuym@xxxxxxxxxx, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx
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On Thu, 24 Jul 2003 20:11:42 +0200
"Carlos Velasco" <carlosev@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Tested these platforms:
> 
> Solaris 8 -> sends src IP address of INTERFACE
> Cisco -> sends src IP address of INTERFACE
> Windows 2000, XP -> sends src IP address of INTERFACE
> Linux 2.6.0-pre1, 2.4.20, 2.4.21 -> sends src IP address of LOOPBACK
> 
> Question: _What would be the implications of applying my patch or similar to 
> do linux behave like other OS?

You'll break things for people who depend upon the
way Linux currently behaves.
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