Re: PATCH: duplicate IP detection

kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru
Sun, 17 Oct 1999 22:35:36 +0400 (MSK DST)


Hello!

> We've decided that "refusing to use the given IP" is not good, and
> that at most we can print a warning, and continue. Fine.

It is not fine. Failed DAD means that you have no rights to use
this address.

> If you're right the patch may need to be extended and check if the
> hardware address is one of our own.

Please, make "man arpwatch" and read that page.

We need not add to kernel any dirty tricks to make this and even more
sophisticated monitoring. Actually, it is even easy to write X applet
spewing window at X display looking exactly as Windows' one 8)8)

Alexey Kuznetsov

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