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Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 18:39:00 +0100
From: Bruce M Simpson <bms@spc.org>
To: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@freebsd.org>
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Subject: Re: FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-03:14.arp
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On Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 07:21:11PM +0300, Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 07:44:26AM -0700, Michael Sierchio wrote:
> > 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'd like to review and potentially test this patch before it goes in, as it
sounds interesting and useful to us.

Thanks!
BMS