Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 15:05:20 +0300 From: Alexander Matey <lx@hosix.ntu-kpi.kiev.ua> To: Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no>, Julian Elisher <julian@whistle.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Static ARP (IFF_NOARP usage in ethernet interfaces) Message-ID: <19980427150520.39431@hosix.ntu-kpi.kiev.ua> In-Reply-To: <19980426235610.22010@follo.net>; from Eivind Eklund on Sun, Apr 26, 1998 at 11:56:10PM %2B0200 References: <19980426183333.38119@hosix.ntu-kpi.kiev.ua> <Pine.BSF.3.95.980426123550.21604C-100000@current1.whistle.com> <19980426235610.22010@follo.net>
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On Sun, Apr 26, 1998 at 11:56:10PM +0200, Eivind Eklund 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. Yes, security. I my situation it stands for about 50 computers on 4 ethernet subnets, some of them do have internet access while the others don't. bye, lx. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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