Thanks Daniel, Great direction on where to look at in the code. Even without programming experience I will be able to remove the logging part. No idea yet on how I can make this configurable via sysctl.conf, but that’s for later.
Marco PC > Op 9 nov. 2017, om 10:07 heeft Daniel Gracia <palad...@gmail.com> het > volgende geschreven: > > AFAIK there is no way to turn off those messages in the default kernel. You > could try to write a patch if you care: take a look at > src/sys/netinet/if_ether.c, line #625. > > Regards! > > > 2017-11-09 9:14 GMT+01:00 OpenBSD <open...@me.com>: > >> Torsten, >> >> Thanks for responding to my question. >> I know about this specific sysctl on FreeBSD. Used this one on pfSense as >> well. The issue is that this one, or functional similar seems not available >> on OpenBSD. >> >> Maybe someone else has run into this before and found a way? >> >> Marco PC >> >>> Op 8 nov. 2017, om 16:44 heeft torsten <tors...@cnc-london.net> het >> volgende geschreven: >>> >>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: owner-m...@openbsd.org [mailto:owner-m...@openbsd.org] On Behalf >>>> Of OpenBSD >>>> Sent: 08 November 2017 15:44 >>>> To: misc@openbsd.org >>>> Subject: Suppessing logging of arp movement messages >>>> >>>> hello all, >>>> >>>> I have finally build an internet gateway with OpenBSD 6.2 (AMD64), >>>> including pf and IPSec. Great stuff. >>>> Now I am seeing a lot of arp movement, that I know are caused by >>>> Apple's Bonjour Sleep Proxy. >>>> >>>> Nov 8 00:00:27 gatekeeper /bsd: arp info overwritten for 192.168.20.99 >>>> by 00:46:ab:ba:19:87 on vmx0 Nov 8 00:00:58 gatekeeper /bsd: arp info >>>> overwritten for 192.168.20.99 by 9c:ab:3b:ca:fe:99 on vmx0 Nov 8 >>>> 00:01:57 gatekeeper /bsd: arp info overwritten for 192.168.20.99 by >>>> 00:46:ab:ba:19:87 on vmx0 Nov 8 00:02:04 gatekeeper /bsd: arp info >>>> overwritten for 192.168.20.99 by 9c:ab:3b:ca:fe:99 on vmx0 Nov 8 >>>> 00:02:35 gatekeeper /bsd: arp info overwritten for 192.168.20.99 by >>>> 00:46:ab:ba:19:87 on vmx0 Nov 8 00:03:28 gatekeeper /bsd: arp info >>>> overwritten for 192.168.20.99 by 9c:ab:3b:ca:fe:99 on vmx0 Nov 8 >>>> 00:03:42 gatekeeper /bsd: arp info overwritten for 192.168.20.99 by >>>> 00:46:ab:ba:19:87 on vmx0 Nov 8 00:04:27 gatekeeper /bsd: arp info >>>> overwritten for 192.168.20.99 by 9c:ab:3b:ca:fe:99 on vmx0 >>>> >>>> These messages are repeating every 15-30 seconds for Apple devices like >>>> laptops that are in standby (sleep mode). >>>> >>>> On pfSense and FreeBSD you have a sysctl: >>>> net.link.ether.inet.log_arp_movements >>>> when set to zero it will no longer log the messages. >>>> >>>> Discussions can be found on internet dating back to 2010, but no >>>> solution has been provided for what I could find. >>>> I have not yet found any sysctl in OpenBSD to do the same. Did I miss >>>> something or does OpenBSD have any trick to not log these messages. >>>> Currently these messages are filling up the logs /var/run/dmesg.boot >>>> and /var/log/messages. >>>> >>>> Marco PC >>> >>> Mi Marco >>> In freebsd is is usually done with >>> sysctl net.link.ether.inet.log_arp_movements=0 >>> >>> and I guess this applies to openbsd too. >>> T >>> >> >>
