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[daniel CURTIS <1540807@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

Hello. Because on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS an ArpON package is pretty outdated
(ver. 2.0-2.1 0) I've decided to use a version from a Vivid release -
2.7.

It seems that ArpON ver. 2.7 has a bug related to a DARPI anti Arp
Poisoning techniques. Because I am using a DHCP method to obtain an IP
address I needed to use a DARPI method (Dynamin Arp Inspect.) instead of
SARPI (Static Arp Inspect). After installation via 'apt-get' utility,
configuring "arpon" file from '/etc/default/' directory and uncomment
line responsible for a DARPI method, ArpON failed to start with a
following error:

$ sudo /etc/init.d/arpon start
* Starting anti ARP poisoning daemon arpon
20:38:55 PID = </var/run/arpon.pid>

/usr/bin/arpon: invalid  option -- 'd'          [fail]

For a DARPI method a line in the '/etc/default/arpon' file looks this
way: DAEMON_OPTS="-q -f /var/log/arpon/arpon.log -g -d". According to
the Ubuntu manpage[1] '-g' flag stands for "Works in logging mode",
since '-d' flag means "Manages Arp Cache dynamically". Everything should
work okay, but it does not. I've tried many possibilities,
configurations etc.

And it seems, that a new ArpON 2.7 version requires a '-D' flag instead
'-d'. So, now there must be the '-D' flag not '-d'. After this small
change everything started to work okay:

$ sudo /etc/init.d/arpon start
* Starting anti ARP poisoning daemon arpon
20:43:32 PID = </var/run/arpon.pid>       [OK]

One more test, to be one hundred percent sure: after running
'/etc/init.d/arpon status' command, status of anti ARP poisoning daemon
arpon is [OK]. Here are some technical details:

* Ubuntu 3.2.0-98.138-generic-pae 3.2.75 ('cat /proc/version_signature' command result)
* lsb_release -rd
   Description:	Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS
   Release:	12.04
* arpon: 2.7.2-1

By the way: ArpON sometimes crashed with "SIGSEGV in pthread_kill()"
(after user login), but I will have to create a new bug report.

Best regards.
_____________

[1] http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/trusty/man8/arpon.8.html

** Affects: arpon (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: arpon darpi

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Title:
  ArpON ver. 2.7: the DARPI and  -d (--darpi) flag bug.

Status in arpon package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Hello. Because on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS an ArpON package is pretty outdated
  (ver. 2.0-2.1 0) I've decided to use a version from a Vivid release -
  2.7.

  It seems that ArpON ver. 2.7 has a bug related to a DARPI anti Arp
  Poisoning techniques. Because I am using a DHCP method to obtain an IP
  address I needed to use a DARPI method (Dynamin Arp Inspect.) instead
  of SARPI (Static Arp Inspect). After installation via 'apt-get'
  utility, configuring "arpon" file from '/etc/default/' directory and
  uncomment line responsible for a DARPI method, ArpON failed to start
  with a following error:

  $ sudo /etc/init.d/arpon start
  * Starting anti ARP poisoning daemon arpon
  20:38:55 PID = </var/run/arpon.pid>

  /usr/bin/arpon: invalid  option -- 'd'          [fail]

  For a DARPI method a line in the '/etc/default/arpon' file looks this
  way: DAEMON_OPTS="-q -f /var/log/arpon/arpon.log -g -d". According to
  the Ubuntu manpage[1] '-g' flag stands for "Works in logging mode",
  since '-d' flag means "Manages Arp Cache dynamically". Everything
  should work okay, but it does not. I've tried many possibilities,
  configurations etc.

  And it seems, that a new ArpON 2.7 version requires a '-D' flag
  instead '-d'. So, now there must be the '-D' flag not '-d'. After this
  small change everything started to work okay:

  $ sudo /etc/init.d/arpon start
  * Starting anti ARP poisoning daemon arpon
  20:43:32 PID = </var/run/arpon.pid>       [OK]

  One more test, to be one hundred percent sure: after running
  '/etc/init.d/arpon status' command, status of anti ARP poisoning
  daemon arpon is [OK]. Here are some technical details:

  * Ubuntu 3.2.0-98.138-generic-pae 3.2.75 ('cat /proc/version_signature' command result)
  * lsb_release -rd
     Description:	Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS
     Release:	12.04
  * arpon: 2.7.2-1

  By the way: ArpON sometimes crashed with "SIGSEGV in pthread_kill()"
  (after user login), but I will have to create a new bug report.

  Best regards.
  _____________

  [1] http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/trusty/man8/arpon.8.html

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