On Fri, 2009-05-29 at 11:30 -0700, Peter Memishian wrote:
> > I see, but it seems to me like that's something that ipfilter could
>  > handle that more effectively.
> 
> IP Filter can filter ARP traffic?  Or are you suggesting using IP filter
> to filter all traffic that isn't from a bounded set of IP addresses?
> In any case, I agree there are other ways to do this.

The latter; ARP isn't useful nor harmful on its own if IP can't move
packets.

>  > I wonder if someone actually depends on this behavior, which is always
>  > a tough question...
> 
> It wouldn't surprise me to discover this has been used -- e.g., some
> customers use Cisco PVLANs to accomplish a similar thing.  That said, I
> wouldn't object to removing this ability.

Same here.

-Seb


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