Messages in this thread |  | | | Subject | Re: Why no printk for duplicate IPs? | | Date | Wed, 29 Sep 1999 15:13:06 +0100 (BST) | | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> On the other hand, someone should still take the time to modify > "ifconfig" to send out one or two ARPs for our OWN IP address, and if > they get answered, it should not allow the ifconfig to complete > (without the operator specifing something like --force).
That becomes a denial of service attack like the Macmasher which simply sits on a network claiming each appletalk address is used. 100% mac free networks
Alan
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