Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2008 18:12:04 -0800 From: Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net> To: Pawel Worach <pawel.worach@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-rc@FreeBSD.org, FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, d@delphij.net Subject: Re: [RFC] rc.d script for binding static arp pairs and logging options Message-ID: <477C4474.3000702@delphij.net> In-Reply-To: <477C423F.2020701@gmail.com> References: <477BE583.6080202@delphij.net> <477C423F.2020701@gmail.com>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Pawel Worach wrote: > Xin LI wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Hi, >> >> Here is a rc.d script that I use on my own server, which provides two >> functionalities: >> >> - Bind ARP pairs specified in rc.conf (*); >> - Set ARP logging options (+). >> > > What about ethers(5) and arp -f, would that potentially pollute the arp > table with too much junk ? I think ethers(5) is designed for some other uses, i.e. it serves like hosts(5). It sounds like a good idea to utilize arp -f, do we have some easy way to unbind the pairs if we don't want -d -a? (Or we should not even bother to think about it?) Cheers, - -- Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net> http://www.delphij.net/ FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFHfER0i+vbBBjt66ARAktoAKDA58+Iq+0rPZq9e0uZsIIhNWO+DgCcCHrF /c/wj0lrdDaCOMc3rH9QNEw= =k0Lj -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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