Re: Wackamole problem with arp cache on firewall/gateway

On Dec 13, 2003, at 7:32 PM, Rama K. McIntosh wrote:
> So My questions:
>
> 1.  Is the Wackamole CVS version stable enough for production use?

We use it in production.  I would advise against using the embedded 
perl interpreter feature without rigorously testing it in your 
environment first.

> 2. Any idea why the CVS version can remotely update the arp cache on 
> my firewall, but 2.0.0 fails?   (Note: With the 2.0.0 version , it 
> seems to be able to update the cache after it expires in 20 minutes.  
> However, the CVS version can do it instantly).

72c70
<   memcpy(cp, ze_mac, ETH_ALEN); cp+=ETH_ALEN;
---
 >   memcpy(cp, bc_mac, ETH_ALEN); cp+=ETH_ALEN;

Looks like the change.  It now uses the bc_mac instead of ze mac for 
spoofing (that is FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF instead of 00:00:00:00:00:00)

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