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Date:      Tue, 28 Nov 2000 13:32:48 +0100
From:      mouss <usebsd@free.fr>
To:        Dominick LaTrappe <seraf@2600.COM>, "Oleg A. Paraschenko" <prof@infosite.ru>
Cc:        cjclark@alum.mit.edu, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: static ARP tables
Message-ID:  <4.3.0.20001128132927.00d8fa80@pop.free.fr>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.4.21.0011271833010.29837-100000@phalse.2600.com>
References:  <007201c05863$e65f8480$0701a8c0@dkn>

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not sure, but netinet/if_ether.c says:

...
if (rt->rt_expire) ....
   ... moved form ...
else
   .... "arp: %6D attempts to modiy permanent entry for %s on %s%d\n"

so I guess that one cannot modify a permanent entry

regards,
mouss

At 18:37 27/11/00 -0500, Dominick LaTrappe wrote:
>On Mon, 27 Nov 2000, Oleg A. Paraschenko wrote:
> >   In FreeBSD 2.2.7 term 'permanent' means that kernel will not delete ARP
> > entry after time of inactivity of workstation. Any host on network can
> > change IP, and kernel will say 'arp: %s moved from %6D to %6D', even if
> > IP/MAC is set to 'permanent'.
>
>Would someone from the FreeBSD project like to verify that this is the
>expected behavior, and whether it applies to {3|4|5}.x too?



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