Re: arp flood

From: Artur Szczotka (artis@ae.katowice.pl)
Date: 04/11/02 

Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 08:32:33 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Artur Szczotka <artis@ae.katowice.pl>
To: fhf fhfh <leptor@poczta.onet.pl>

On 10 Apr 2002, fhf fhfh wrote:

>
>
> hi
>
> i was wondering if there is any kind of mechanism in
> linux that could prewent arp flooding
Look at the /etc/ethers -- this file contains static arp table which
assigns certain IP address to owner's MAC address.

man arp // see the -f and -s option

Maybe you need 'arpwatch' package to control your arp trafic on the
eth interfeace - tcpdump is also good.

Good Luck ;)
>

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artis (hendrix)
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