Date: Sun, 26 Apr 1998 23:56:10 +0200 From: Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no> To: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com>, Alexander Matey <lx@hosix.ntu-kpi.kiev.ua> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Static ARP (IFF_NOARP usage in ethernet interfaces) Message-ID: <19980426235610.22010@follo.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.980426123550.21604C-100000@current1.whistle.com>; from Julian Elischer on Sun, Apr 26, 1998 at 12:39:38PM -0700 References: <19980426183333.38119@hosix.ntu-kpi.kiev.ua> <Pine.BSF.3.95.980426123550.21604C-100000@current1.whistle.com>
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On Sun, Apr 26, 1998 at 12:39:38PM -0700, Julian Elischer wrote: > I see no technical reason against this but > I'm curious why one would want to do this.. I can't imagine > a single reason for not wanting to do arp.. Security. You want to be able to force a particular MAC address to match a particular IP address, so people can't come with a different computer and take over the IP address of a known computer. Of course, with today's programmable ethernet cards, you also have to keep the MAC address secret for this strategy to be effective. Eivind. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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