Re: [PATCH] net/ipv4/arp.c: Fix arp reply when sender ip 0
From: Benny Amorsen
Date: Fri Nov 16 2007 - 09:15:22 EST
>>>>> "DM" == David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>> Reply:
>> Opcode: reply (0x0002)
>> Sender HW: 00:AA.00:AA:00:AA
>> Sender IP: 192.168.0.1
>> Target HW: 00:AA:00:AA:00:AA
>> Target IP: 192.168.0.1
DM> And this is exactly a sensible response in my opinion.
Why send the reply at all? Sending a unicast packet with yourself as
destination MAC seems a bit useless. Do switches propagate it?
/Benny
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