> > I want to hardwire my arp tables on a lan to protect against man in
> > the middle attacks.
>
> Note that on most systems, it's just as easy to change your MAC
> address as your IP address, so this doesn't really protect you against
> much. For example, on Linux, you can use the "hw" option to ifconfig
> to change this.
you can, however, activate various port security features on your switches
if they support them, so the changed mac address doesn't connect to the LAN
anymore.
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