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Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2013 15:49:22 +0400
From: Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@FreeBSD.org>
To: Andre Oppermann <oppermann@networx.ch>
Subject: Re: [patch] good bye sockaddr_inarp
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On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 12:45:32PM +0100, Andre Oppermann wrote:
A> On 30.01.2013 10:25, Gleb Smirnoff wrote:
A> >    Hello!
A> >
A> >    It looks to me that the only thing the sockaddr_inarp was
A> > ever used for is to carry the SIN_PROXY flag.
A> >
A> >    The SIN_PROXY flag in its turn, meant install a "proxy only"
A> > ARP entry. Such entry behaves as any "published" entry, but
A> > doesn't modify the routing table of the host.
A> >
A> >    Please correct me, if I am wrong in the above ^^.
A> 
A> Proxy arp is used for ppp for example when the remote end is
A> given an IP address from a locally connected network.  Usually
A> the IP address was obtained via DHCP.  The ppp server then
A> installs a proxy ARP entry for this IP address to receive all
A> packets for it and forward them over the PPP link.

I understand that, thanks :)

This functionality isn't broken by my change.

-- 
Totus tuus, Glebius.