Hello Lukas,
I still don't sure about correct way of submitting patch for Debian, so
I forked your repository on salsa.debian.org and updated patch to be
compartible with that sources. There is bugreport:
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=923251 and there is
branch with blacklist implementation:
https://salsa.debian.org/IvanBayan-guest/arpwatch/tree/blacklist
On 22/02/2019 02:38, Lukas Schwaighofer wrote:
Hi Ivan,
thanks for reaching out and working on improving arpwatch!
On Wed, 20 Feb 2019 13:38:38 +0300
Ivan <[email protected]> wrote:
I have a patch for arpwatch (it was done for arpwatch-2.1a15 2 years
ago). That patch add functionality to specify blacklist of IP
addresses. Option similar to -z was added, but for list of /32
addresses.
I asked Axel Beckert <[email protected]> how can I add patch for
arpwatch, but he haven't respond, so how can I contribute it?
Unfortunately arpwatch is no longer under active development. Since
you've reached out to me (and Axel), I assume you're interested in
adding your patch specifically to the arpwatch package in Debian. I'm
maintaining the package as part of the Debian Security Tools packaging
team (I've added our list to CC).
Based on your message, I believe what you're trying to achieve
(blocking a list of IP addresses) can be done with the `-F` option that
is present since Debian version 2.1a15-4. `-F` allows setting a pcap
filter, which is pretty versatile way of hiding certain packages from
arpwatch altogether. Please check if you can use `-F` instead of
adding a patch.
If you cannot use `-F`, the correct procedure is to open a wishlist bug
against the arpwatch package. You can attach your patch to that bug.
Thanks & regards
Lukas
PS: I'm traveling over the weekend, so my responses may be a bit
delayed.
Ivan
