Re: [PATCH] arp_filter patch for 2.4.4 kernel.

From: David S. Miller (davem@redhat.com)
Date: Sat May 05 2001 - 18:27:39 EST


dean gaudet writes:
> also -- isn't it kind of wrong for arp to respond with addresses from
> other interfaces?
>
> what if ip_forward is 0? or if there's some other sort of routing policy
> in effect?

This along with some other issues are why Alexey and myself want to
do ARP filter in some other way.

There are two sides to this story though, both with valid arguments.

Ho hum... since things have settled down in the networking and this
is being pushed again, I guess it's time to fire up the dialogue
once more.

Later,
David S. Miller
davem@redhat.com
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