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Subject: Re: [BUG?] unwanted proxy arp in 2.4.19-pre10
From: Daniel Gryniewicz <dang@fprintf.net>
To: Julian Anastasov <ja@ssi.bg>
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On Tue, 2002-07-16 at 18:32, Julian Anastasov wrote:
> 
> 	Hello,
> 
> 	It seems you don't like the way ARP is replied in Linux. But
> note that ARP follows IP, i.e. Linux replies on each device where it
> is willing to accept IP for the same path. Such behaviour is caused by
> the way IP is set by default in RFC1812: Source Address Validation
> is disabled (rp_filter=0).
> 

<heavily snipped>

Okay, I have no problem with this. What I have a problem with is Linux
sending an ARP request out an interface and using the address of
*another interface* as the tell address.  This is just broken.

-- 
Recursion n.:
        See Recursion.
                        -- Random Shack Data Processing Dictionary


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