rarpd
—
Reverse ARP Daemon
rarpd |
[-adfl ] [interface
[...]] |
rarpd
services Reverse ARP requests on the Ethernet
connected to interface. Upon receiving a request,
rarpd
maps the target hardware address to an IP
address via its name, which must be present in both the
ethers(5) and
hosts(5) databases. If a host
does not exist in both databases the translation cannot proceed and a reply
will not be sent.
In normal operation, rarpd
forks a copy of
itself and runs in the background. Anomalies and errors are reported via
syslog(3).
-a
- Listen on all the Ethernets attached to the system. If
‘
-a
’ is omitted, an interface must
be specified.
-d
- Run in debug mode, with all the output to stderr. This option implies the
-f
option.
-f
- Run in the foreground.
-l
- Log all requests to syslog.
bpf(4),
ethers(5),
hosts(5)
Finlayson, R.,
Mann, T., Mogul, J.C., and
Theimer, M., A Reverse Address
Resolution Protocol, RFC 903.