Re: proxy_arp as DHCP fail-safe solution

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On Thu, 22 Aug 2002, Manuel Carrasco wrote:
> I have modified arp.c in order avoid responses to arp requests when the 
> source IP is equal that the target IP and Proxy-ARP is enabled.
> This feature will support to hosts with static IP even when the address 
> are topologically incorrect.
[...]

As already noted, this is an extremely bad idea.

Moreover, if your network admin or upstream acted responsibly, they would 
be filtering bogus addresses from that direction; apparently they don't.

Mobile IP or a VPN is probably what you want.

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