Messages in this thread |  | | From | goemon@anime ... | Subject | Re: arp_req_set() panic with bad ether address | Date | Sun, 1 Sep 1996 22:38:06 -0700 (PDT) |
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> The issue would be: should bootpd check hardware addresses before > arp_req_set() in the kernel sees them, or should the kernel arp > functions check for bad ethernet hardware addresses.
I think the answer here is 'yes' :-)
It should not be possible to nuke the kernel with bad addresses, and bootpd should not try to process addresses it knows is invalid. So both should be fixed.
-Dan
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