Re: Wackamole problem with arp cache on firewall/gateway

Thanks! 

I tried to backport the bc_mac changes to 2.0.0 but still had problems 
(could easily be my fault). 

 As the CVS versions is passing my tests I plan to just use it.

Thanks,
-Rama

Theo Schlossnagle wrote:

>
> 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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