Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 02 Mar 2002 19:50:45 -0500 | From | Stevie O <> | Subject | Re: Network Security hole (was -> Re: arp bug ) |
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At 11:58 AM 3/2/2002 -0800, erich@uruk.org wrote:
>I would think that making the IP stack, for each MAC/interface path >on reception, just check against the exact expected input address, >would actually be a performance improvement on machines with multiple >NICs.
Two words: Broadcast addresses.
-- Stevie-O
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