linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net/ipv4/arp.c: Fix arp reply when sender ip 0

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-Id: <20071119.234943.214163033.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Mon, 19 Nov 2007 23:49:43 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	billfink@...dspring.com
Cc:	kuznet@....inr.ac.ru, the.sator@...il.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, jmorris@...ei.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/ipv4/arp.c: Fix arp reply when sender ip 0

From: Bill Fink <billfink@...dspring.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 00:16:07 -0500

> On Mon, 19 Nov 2007, Alexey Kuznetsov wrote:
> 
> > 2. What's about your suggestion, I thought about this and I am going to agree.
> > 
> >    Arguments, which convinced me are:
> > 
> >    - arping still works.
> >    - any piece of reasonable software should work.
> >    - if Windows understands DaD (is it really true? I cannot believe)
> >      and it is unhappy about our responce and does not block use
> >      of duplicate address only due to this, we _must_ accomodate ASAP.
> >    - if we do,we have to use 0 protocol address, no choice.
> 
> I agree the target protocol address should be 0 in this case.

Patches, someone :-)
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/