Re: Incorrect Linux ARP behavior

From: Brandon Reynolds (bmrat_private)
Date: Fri Sep 18 1998 - 18:54:36 PDT

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On Fri, 18 Sep 1998, Seth McGann wrote:

> After further investigation it appears neped.c (the Linux sniffer detector
> by savageat_private ) operates due to a problem in
> /linux/net/ipv4/arp.c.  The function arp_rcv() controls when to send ARP
> ...

I ran tcpdump on a machine running RH5.1 kernel version 2.1.122 and from
another linux box I ran neped and it detected nothing.  But when I ran
tcpdump on a machine running 2.0.34 it was detected.  So apparently this
has already been patched in the latest versions of the kernel.

Brandon Reynolds                                   bmrat_private
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