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From: Jason Opperisano <opie@817west.com>
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Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 22:01:55 -0400
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On Thu, Jul 14, 2005 at 09:55:23AM +0800, liyas_m m wrote:
> i have done that and checked with ethereal..still that source address
> is not blocked. It is still broadcasting ARP packets..a lot.

iptables/netfilter operates at layer 3.  therefore, packets generated or
received at layer 2 cannot be blocked with iptables/netfilter.
ethereal/iptraf operate at the BPF layer (layer 2), and arp packets are
layer 2 as well.

iptables/netfilter is not at fault; you have an invalid testing
methodology.

-j

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