From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Rick Jones Subject: Re: [RFC] ip / ifconfig redesign Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2005 14:43:53 -0800 Message-ID: <4394C2A9.6000606@hp.com> References: <200512022253.19029.a1426z@gawab.com> <200512031646.45332.a1426z@gawab.com> <4391E4FC.1040200@candelatech.com> <20051205140057.GC24764@tuxdriver.com> <20051205174010.GA14101@buici.com> <43947FEB.7020504@unfix.org> <4394BCD5.1060505@psc.edu> <4394BF11.2070205@hp.com> <4394BF9E.90303@psc.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Jeroen Massar , Marc Singer , Ben Greear , Al Boldi , netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-net@vger.kernel.org Return-path: To: John Heffner In-Reply-To: <4394BF9E.90303@psc.edu> Sender: linux-net-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org John Heffner wrote: > Rick Jones wrote: > >> That's the discussion related to things like the "Strong ES" (end >> system) model right? As such, isn't that discussing what _IP_ may do >> rather than what ARP may do? 1122 doesn't say much about the >> interfaces/MAC's that should be part of a given ARP reply. ARP seems >> to be RFC 826 and probably others, and the algorithm described in 826 >> doesn't seem to be specific on the topic of interfaces - at least not >> to my really brief read. >> >> rick jones > > > Yes, but if an interface will accept packets for a certain IP address, > and will send packets with that IP address, is there any reason it can't > ARP for that address? If ARP RFC's say it shouldn't :) (I don't know that it does) ARP is ARP, accepting IPs is IP. The maze of twisty passages may be similar, but they are distinct. Is a MAC address a property of the host, or of the interface connected to the host? rick jones is on netdev, so no need for direct reply to my address...