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>It is doing an arp poisoning attack. It overloads the switch, and if >m0n0wall did the same it would fall over to a hub, and all the data will >still go to the compromised machine. I understand that you don't have >access to the clients, but the only fix it to remove the bad client. >You may want to seal off the net to keep it from spreading as well. I have to agree with this. If you can't remove clients or hardcode correct ARP to client, your only option is smart switch on each location. ARP attacks are happening on switch (L2) and that's where you have to stop them. Cisco has something, called Dynamic ARP inspection. I'm sure other Vendors have similar functionalities, but I doubt you can find them in low-end(/cost) products. Here's a great ppt (not mine), explaining what's happening on LAN and your options to prevent it. http://www.blackhat.com/presentations/bh-usa-01/MikeBeekey/bh-usa-01-Mike-Be ekey.ppt In this ppt there are some hints, that FreeBSD has some tools included to detect this kind of attacks; so maybe flooding back with ARP could be an option, if attack is detected. But personaly, I think it's barking up the wrong tree. Those attacks must be stopped on switch. Regards, Bostjan |