[ale] Hijacking my own IP

Jim Kinney jim.kinney at gmail.com
Sun Jun 13 08:14:40 EDT 2021


Ha! If admin doesn't notice, please post the job anouncement here :-)

On June 12, 2021 5:30:38 PM EDT, Boris Borisov <bugyatl at gmail.com> wrote:
>Just open virtual devices and assign 100 IPs from the subnet. Soon
>admin
>would get the alert :)
>
>On Fri, Jun 11, 2021, 14:27 Jim Kinney via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
>
>> 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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