[c-nsp] Nmap(way ot)

[Andrew Fort]

David J. Hughes wrote:

> Couldn't agree with you more.  Having proxy arp enabled by default is 
> clutching onto history with a little too much gusto.  Allowing proxy 
> arp to recognise a static default as a "local entry" is a very 
> dangerous thing.

Amusingly enough, we turned this behaviour off when moving IP customers 
onto different equipment awhile back (yes, on the previous vendor's 
software, we.. err.. couldn't disable this.  sigh).

Of the four (out of some hundreds) of customers that complained about 
this, they were the very same four customers who on occasion generate 
(worm related) traffic spikes, log the most random tickets and make the 
most support calls.

I almost died of lack of shock. :)

-andrew