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Date:      Wed, 24 Sep 2003 09:27:11 -0700
From:      Michael Sierchio <kudzu@tenebras.com>
To:        Ruslan Ermilov <ru@freebsd.org>
Cc:        security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-03:14.arp
Message-ID:  <3F71C5DF.5030506@tenebras.com>
In-Reply-To: <20030924162111.GA23542@sunbay.com>
References:  <200309241429.h8OETrhk097904@freefall.freebsd.org> <3F71ADCA.7090408@tenebras.com> <20030924162111.GA23542@sunbay.com>

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Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 07:44:26AM -0700, Michael Sierchio wrote:
> 
>>FreeBSD Security Advisories wrote:
>>
>>
>>>IV.  Workaround
>>>
>>>There is no known workaround at this time.
>>
>>Using static ARP entries and turning off ARP on the interface
>>should be a workaround.  Whether this is remotely feasible
>>depends on your situation.
>>
> 
> I still have not committed the code that supports static ARP
> on an interface -- there's currently no way to do static ARP
> only, if you disable ARP on an interface it will be disabled
> in its whole.

I'm puzzled by this -- you mean when I see

wi0: flags=88c3<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,NOARP,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1366

it's just *kidding* about the NOARP flag?  IOW the NOARP flag
changes the output of ifconfig, and that's it?






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