Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261877AbTHTJyH (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Aug 2003 05:54:07 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261878AbTHTJyG (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Aug 2003 05:54:06 -0400 Received: from pc1-cwma1-5-cust4.swan.cable.ntl.com ([80.5.120.4]:51095 "EHLO dhcp23.swansea.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261877AbTHTJyF (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Aug 2003 05:54:05 -0400 Subject: Re: [2.4 PATCH] bugfix: ARP respond on all devices From: Alan Cox To: "David S. Miller" Cc: Andi Kleen , dang@fprintf.net, ak@muc.de, lmb@suse.de, Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <20030819122847.2d7e2e31.davem@redhat.com> References: <1061320620.3744.16.camel@athena.fprintf.net> <20030819192125.GD92576@colin2.muc.de> <1061321268.3744.20.camel@athena.fprintf.net> <20030819193235.GG92576@colin2.muc.de> <20030819122847.2d7e2e31.davem@redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1061373200.32594.7.camel@dhcp23.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.3 (1.4.3-3) Date: 20 Aug 2003 10:53:21 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 656 Lines: 16 On Maw, 2003-08-19 at 20:28, David S. Miller wrote: > Andi, we take the source address from the packet we are > trying to send out that interface. > > Just as it is going to be legal to send out a packet from > that interface using that source address, it is legal to > send out an ARP request from that interface using that source > address. Legal yes, but it can get you into holes with asymettric routing. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/