netdev - Re: [RFC] bridge: MAC learning uevents

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Date:   Thu, 08 Sep 2016 08:15:25 -0700
From:   Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:     "D. Herrendoerfer" <d.herrendoerfer@...rendoerfer.name>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] bridge: MAC learning uevents

"D. Herrendoerfer" <d.herrendoerfer@...rendoerfer.name> writes:
>
> I may be missing something here - I'm pretty sure there I am, but is
> there any conceptual
>
> reason why this should not be done this way ?

What happens if someone floods the network with random mac addresses?
Sounds like an easy way to do a DoS attack against your host?

-Andi