Re: [Zcip] embeddable zeroconf/ip code

David Brownell wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I recently found myself hunting for a simpler version of what zcip-0.4 does,
> and I found one that just uses a packet socket -- no library frameworks
> necessary, just simple libc code!  (From the zeroconf.org site.)
> 
> So I whacked at it a bit, and the results are attached.  It should be a pretty
> close match to draft-ietf-zeroconf-ipv4-linklocal-17.txt and when linked to
> BusyBox on ARM it takes less than 3KBytes (smaller than "ping").  I tested
> it a bit on x86 Linux, it seems to behave in my non-zeroconf network.
> Under light load and all that.
> 
> I'm posting this here, since I wasn't the only one who wanted lighter
> weight code for this!  I'd appreciate feedback best in the form of patches,
> though of course bug reports are worth something too ... we do want to
> abolish protocol bugs as quickly as possible.
> 

The other advice I have is to install an LPF filter so that you don't have to 
worry about *ALL* ARP traffic during normal operation (i.e. defence).

	-hpa


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