> Secondly, if this works, are there any networks that don't allow two
> computers to send packets with the same source IP, but only one computer
> is receiving packets on that IP?
Can't answer the first question, but I was under the impression that a
good ethernet hub (like the large ones Yale has all over) can be
configured with a security option that does this. I'm not clear on
whether the security option merely limits the EHAs through each port to
one, but I'm pretty sure it's intended to prevent packet sniffing- that
is, only one computer can receive info directed to a certain address
(what kind I'm not sure).
This does seem to be on the hardware rather than software level, but I
think it accomplishes the same thing. I wouldn't have though that it'd be
possible to prevent sending packets with someone else's IP address, aside
from the impossibility of actually sharing said address.
-Nat
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