netdev - Re: ARP Spoofing

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Date:	Wed, 02 May 2007 14:39:04 -0600
From:	"Chris Friesen" <cfriesen@...tel.com>
To:	Vlad Yasevich <vladislav.yasevich@...com>
CC:	Topher Fischer <javert42@...byu.edu>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: ARP Spoofing

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.

Chris
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