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Date:      09 Jul 2003 14:08:23 -0400
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com>
To:        Fuzzy <fuzzy@pooh.ASARian.org>, questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: pooh.ASARian.org security run output (lots of wrong arp messages)
Message-ID:  <44d6gjy3mw.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
In-Reply-To: <pp8ogvgh3r4l2gfj3gtju23u8p1vtlj88d@4ax.com>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.44.0307090916200.20779-100000@pooh.ASARian.org> <pp8ogvgh3r4l2gfj3gtju23u8p1vtlj88d@4ax.com>

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John Murphy <jfm@blueyonder.co.uk> writes:

> Fuzzy <fuzzy@pooh.ASARian.org> wrote:
> >
> >Is there any way to convince the kernel not to log these
> >incorrect arp messages?
> >
> >currently we have...
> >net.link.ether.inet.log_arp_wrong_iface: 1
> >
> >Is there a different sysctl or variable for rc.conf
> >to stop it from logging incorrect information?
> 
> Indeed there is but only in 5.0 or greater I believe.  It's called:
> 
> net.link.ether.inet.log_arp_movements

Actually, both of those are available in -STABLE.
However, it's usually better to fix the source of the address changes,
if it's under your control.



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