netdev - Re: ARP Spoofing

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Date:	Wed, 02 May 2007 17:45:05 -0600
From:	Topher Fischer <javert42@...byu.edu>
To:	Chris Friesen <cfriesen@...tel.com>
CC:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: ARP Spoofing

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Chris Friesen wrote:
> Vlad Yasevich wrote:
> 
>> If by arp spoofing you mean receiving arp replies from multiple
>> sources and
>> trusting all of them, then I haven't seen anything.
>>
>> I don't know the history as to why nothing has has been done.
> 
> This concept is a valuable tool to allow for fast publishing of IP
> address takeover in redundant-server situations.
> 
> There are ways in which it can be misused, but that doesn't make it an
> invalid technique.

I don't think it would be too difficult to preserve this kind of
functionality while improving security.  Is this really the only reason
why nothing has been done to protect machines from ARP spoofing?


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