On 2017/11/14 09:13, Theo de Raadt wrote:
> Might this be better per-interface, using ifconfig, then people can
> disable logging on a particular subnet in hostname.* files?

Hmm yes, that sounds a much better idea actually. And in that case
keeping v4 and v6 in one setting isn't as awkward as sysctl.
I'll try to figure out what's needed.

> > On Tue, Nov 14, 2017 at 02:04:27PM +0000, Stuart Henderson wrote:
> > > Any thoughts (and suggestions for mib for an af-independent one if
> > > that's the way to go)?
> > 
> > I have the requirement to log all arp overwrites in the local
> > network.  So I would like to keep the log message, it does no harm
> > in a controlled server environment.  With different user requirements
> > a sysctl knob may be justified.

I totally agree, and think that keeping it on by default makes sense.

> > An alternative would be that the user ignores kern.info in syslog.conf.
> > 
> > Although it would be nice to have common IPv4/IPv6 switches, sysctl
> > net is organized in inet and inet6.  Splitting arp and nd6 seems
> > the right thing, we have a bunch of these already.
> > 
> > OK bluhm@
> > 
> > > +                                     ether_sprintf(ea->arp_sha), 
> > > ifp->if_xname);
> > 
> > This line is too long.
> > 
> 

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