-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Chris Friesen wrote: > Vlad Yasevich wrote: > >> If by arp spoofing you mean receiving arp replies from multiple >> sources and >> trusting all of them, then I haven't seen anything. >> >> I don't know the history as to why nothing has has been done. > > This concept is a valuable tool to allow for fast publishing of IP > address takeover in redundant-server situations. > > There are ways in which it can be misused, but that doesn't make it an > invalid technique.
I don't think it would be too difficult to preserve this kind of functionality while improving security. Is this really the only reason why nothing has been done to protect machines from ARP spoofing? - -- Topher Fischer GnuPG Fingerprint: 3597 1B8D C7A5 C5AF 2E19 EFF5 2FC3 BE99 D123 6674 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGOSKBL8O+mdEjZnQRAowZAJoCawbK1IM+TxBvAaNGtzdw5UrDmgCdGB5L 1mJdu4W61Opj+zqgtQJfdp8= =qlBs -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
