[ale] Hijacking my own IP

[Jim Kinney]

Lots of printers have remote admin ports. Nmap and "fix it". 

On June 11, 2021 12:09:01 PM EDT, Chris Fowler via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
>I don't control the IP addressing.   The admin made a mistake.  I'd
>like my connection to remain up.  It would also be nice if printing
>became an issue.   A little heat moves the feet....
>
>________________________________
>From: Derek Atkins <derek at ihtfp.com>
>Sent: Friday, June 11, 2021 12:01 PM
>To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
>Cc: Chris Fowler <cfowler at outpostsentinel.com>
>Subject: Re: [ale] Hijacking my own IP
>
>Umm.. Why do they have the same IP address??
>Don't do that!
>
>-derek
>
>On Fri, June 11, 2021 11:53 am, Chris Fowler via Ale wrote:
>> I have a HP printer and Linux device with the same IP address on a
>> network.  I have no control over the printer.  I'm trying to figure
>out
>> how to effectively use arping to "hijack" my own IP on this subnet.
>>
>> My remote connection to the device is dropped at random times.  I'm
>> guessing maybe someone is printing. This causes the firewall to
>update its
>> arp cache, send a packet to the HP instead of my device, and I get a
>RST
>> on my end because the HP said, "I have no clue what this is."
>>
>>
>>
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