Re: Why no printk for duplicate IPs?
Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Wed, 29 Sep 1999 15:13:06 +0100 (BST)
> On the other hand, someone should still take the time to modify
> "ifconfig" to send out one or two ARPs for our OWN IP address, and if
> they get answered, it should not allow the ifconfig to complete
> (without the operator specifing something like --force).
That becomes a denial of service attack like the Macmasher which simply
sits on a network claiming each appletalk address is used. 100% mac
free networks
Alan
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