[ale] arp port

Joseph A Knapka jknapka at earthlink.net
Wed Oct 24 10:45:48 EDT 2001


Bob Kruger wrote:
> 
> Anyone know which port must be opened up in a firewall so that you can
> successfully arp a system?

Arp is not an IP protocol; it runs directly on the link
layer, between systems on the same physical network segment.
You have no hope of successfully arp-ing a box on a different
segment.

Cheers,

-- Joe
# "You know how many remote castles there are along the
#  gorges? You can't MOVE for remote castles!" - Lu Tze re. Uberwald
# Linux MM docs:
http://home.earthlink.net/~jknapka/linux-mm/vmoutline.html

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