Re: [PATCH] don't answer gratuitous arp
Ivan Vladimirov <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.network.bridge.ebtables.devel |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote: > On 22.03.2007 21:36, Bart De Schuymer wrote: > >> Hi Patrick, >> >> The ebtables arpreply target should not answer gratuitous arp's as this >> has no use and can give rise to problems when client machines >> send gratuitous arp requests to check for ip conflicts, as reported by >> Ivan Vladimirov. >> The attached patch resolves this. >> > > Please don't apply this patch! It causes more problems than it solves. > Before the patch, a client machine has a chance to find out that its > IP conflicts with one handled by the arpreply target. After the patch, > there will still be an IP conflict, but it is now impossible to find > that out for the affected machine. > > Regards, > Carl-Daniel > You are wrong about ip conflict with machine having arpreply on it . In case when client machine conflicts with server having arpreply target arpreply wont answer but the network stack while answer so your consern is pointless ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV