Date: Thu, 30 Oct 1997 12:27:45 +0200 (IST) From: Nadav Eiron <nadav@cs.technion.ac.il> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: Jonathan Lemon <jlemon@americantv.com>, stt@pluto.cpe.ku.ac.th, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Kernel modification Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.95-heb-2.07.971030122648.28595B-100000@csd> In-Reply-To: <199710300239.TAA21118@usr05.primenet.com>
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On Thu, 30 Oct 1997, Terry Lambert wrote: > > I can't see why you would want to re-transmit with the original MAC > > address; this would cause arp lookups to fail, among other things. > > DECNet requires it, for one thing. If you want to implement a DECNet > Phase IV (I don't rememebr about Phase V, but I think it's the same), Phase V doesn't make any assumptions on MAC addresses, unless, of course, you install it with "Phase IV compatibility mode". > any "bridge" or routable "tunnel" pretending to be a bridge to get > traffic over a VPN (Virtual Private Net) for disparately located > site *has* to spoof MAC addresses. > > > Terry Lambert > terry@lambert.org > --- > Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present > or previous employers. > Nadav
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