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From: smb@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com (Steven M. Bellovin)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: Dynamic IP address assignment
Message-ID: <10886@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com>
Date: 24 Nov 88 13:18:26 GMT
References: <26200@bu-cs.BU.EDU> <8811231554.AA05701@pinocchio.UUCP> <Nov.23.22.54.45.1988.790@geneva.rutgers.edu>
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Perhaps the right thing to do is to reset the ARP age timer on receipt of
a packet from that (IP? Ethernet? both?) address; that will deal with
persistent attempts to reach a host which has gone away.