Re: Network Security hole (was -> Re: arp bug )

Stevie O (stevie@qrpff.net)
Sat, 02 Mar 2002 19:50:45 -0500

At 11:58 AM 3/2/2002 -0800, erich@uruk.org wrote:

>I would think that making the IP stack, for each MAC/interface path
>on reception, just check against the exact expected input address,
>would actually be a performance improvement on machines with multiple
>NICs.

Two words: Broadcast addresses.

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Stevie-O


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