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From: Marek Lindner <mareklindner@neomailbox.ch>
To: b.a.t.m.a.n@lists.open-mesh.org
Cc: "Linus Lüssing" <linus.luessing@c0d3.blue>,
	"Daniel Ehlers" <sargon@toppoint.de>
Subject: Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH] batman-adv: allow snooping gratuitous ARP Replies
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2019 00:16:31 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <2119814.DADNbvlFmJ@rousseau> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190214155100.10070-1-linus.luessing@c0d3.blue>

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On Thursday, 14 February 2019 23:51:00 HKT Linus Lüssing wrote:
> So far, gratuitous ARP Replies were ignored for DAT processing as it
> contains a broadcast MAC address. This patch changes this and allows
> snooping such ARP messages, too.

> Gratuitous ARP Replies were ignored since this commit:
> ab361a9ccc5 ("batman-adv: filter ARP packets with invalid MAC addresses in 
DAT")

You're kind enough to mention when the filter was introduced but fail to 
explain why the filter introduced in the past was has outlived its usefulness 
or how the new behavior addresses the  previous concerns.

Cheers,
Marek

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  reply	other threads:[~2019-02-14 16:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-02-14 15:51 [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH] batman-adv: allow snooping gratuitous ARP Replies Linus Lüssing
2019-02-14 16:16 ` Marek Lindner [this message]
2019-02-14 17:49   ` Linus Lüssing
2019-02-15  6:36     ` Antonio Quartulli
2019-02-15 17:45       ` Linus Lüssing

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