ArpON


ArpON is a computer software project to improve network security. It has attracted interest among network managers and academic researchers and is frequently cited as a means of protecting against ARP-based attacks.
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Motivation

The Address Resolution Protocol has many security issues. These include the Man In The Middle attack through the ARP spoofing, ARP cache poisoning, Denial of Service and ARP [poison routing] attacks.

Solution

ArpON is a host-based solution that makes the ARP secure and avoids the man-in-the-middle attack through ARP spoofing, ARP cache poisoning or ARP poison routing. This is possible using three kinds of anti-ARP-spoofing techniques:
  • SARPI for the statically configured networks without DHCP;
  • DARPI for the dynamically configured networks with DHCP;
  • HARPI for the statically and dynamically configured networks with DHCP.
The goal of ArpON is therefore to provide a secure and efficient network daemon that provides the SARPI, DARPI and HARPI anti-ARP-spoofing technique, thus making the ARP standardized protocol secure from any foreign intrusion.