Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 10 Dec 1998 12:37:01 +0000 | From | Jamie Lokier <> | Subject | Re: Bridge+firewall - possible? |
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On Wed, Dec 09, 1998 at 03:04:55PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote: > 1. You set up a big proxy arp table and actually route it. Thats the > sledgehammer approach but should work fine providing peopel dont > move PCs around (bonus points for writing a listening daemon > that learns where people are and adjusts the proxy arp table)
The proxy ARP code in ipv4/arp.c actually does a route lookup to decide what to do. Doesn't this mean you can set up a proxy ARP with netmask 0.0.0.0 and that will give the effect you describe? (Assuming the routing table is up to date).
Or is there some subtlety I have missed?
-- Jamie
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