Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] how do you restrict netatalk by ip address?
From: Wes Brown (wes@prozac.eeap.cwru.edu)
Date: Wed Jul 29 1998 - 08:37:51 EDT
> It would take either writing a new utility or re-writing arp, but if you
> could grab the given computer's hardware ethernet address (which *MUST* be
> transmitted with *EVERY* packet), and then compare that to a list
> generated by arp (esp. after pinging the broadcast address), then you
> might be able to discover the correct IP address.
Two problems with that. Your arp table size must be the size of your local
address space.
Secondly, this would be VERY BAD if you have a network with 256x256
machines like some locations I know of.
Wes
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