Re: Arp expire/timeout 2.1.132/2.2pre1

David S. Miller (davem@dm.cobaltmicro.com)
Sat, 2 Jan 1999 09:02:03 -0800


Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1999 17:32:19 +0100
From: Florian Lohoff <flo@rfc822.org>

Wouldnt this work when:
- Restart neighbour entry expiry time on receive of an packet which matches
the correct IP/MAC address pair ?

This makes ARP spoofing really easy and thus allows easy denial of
service attacks.

Later,
David S. Miller
davem@dm.cobaltmicro.com

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