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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.

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