Re: Dueling ARP replies and firewall filtering

2001-02-06 Thread Luigi Rizzo
> Another thought about the "dueling ARP reply" issue. people, it's a minor bug, i am looking into fixing it, just be patient. Securitywise, also remember that all bridges or switches can 'leak' packets to interfaces other than the one where the designated receiver is. cheers lu

Dueling ARP replies and firewall filtering

2001-02-06 Thread Rich Wales
Another thought about the "dueling ARP reply" issue. In one way, I suppose it's not a serious problem, because even if the "wrong" hardware address gets cached, packets still get through, and communication is not cut off. On the other hand, it =may= be a problem from a security standpoint. Suppo