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Date:      Mon, 05 Feb 2007 12:47:29 +0000
From:      "Bruce M. Simpson" <bms@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/net if_tap.c
Message-ID:  <45C72761.2010402@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20070205124332.GG1621@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <200702030257.l132vkfT089439@repoman.freebsd.org> <20070205124332.GG1621@FreeBSD.org>

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Gleb Smirnoff wrote:
> ...
> Moreover, in case of promisc + net.inet.ip.forwarding=1 our box will resend
> all the received foreign packets :(
>   

NetBSD has M_PROMISC presumably for detecting situations like this:
    http://fxr.watson.org/fxr/ident?v=NETBSD&i=M_PROMISC

> What do you think about checking that (ether_dhost == ours || BCAST || MCAST)
> before sending packet to ether_demux?
Not complete; we could be acting as an ARP proxy or even a Layer 2 proxy.

I have to run out the door to run some errands, but the above link is a 
start.

All the best,
BMS



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