MAC address verification in replies

Hi,

Does the Linux Network Stack do MAC address verification for
REPLY packets. For example, lets say a client "C" sends a packet
to server "S" as:

REQUEST = {MAC_c, MAC_s, IP_c, IP_s, PORT_c, PORT_s}.

The client obtains MAC_s from its routing table (which internally
does an ARP request to associate IP_s with MAC_s in the ARP cache).

Will Linux drop a reply from the server (IP_s) if the source MAC
address in the reply is different than MAC_s, for example:

REPLY = {MAC_x, MAC_c, IP_s, IP_c, PORT_s, PORT_c}

MAC_x not equal to MAC_s

thanks

webposter wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Does the Linux Network Stack do MAC address verification for
> REPLY packets. For example, lets say a client "C" sends a packet
> to server "S" as:
>
> [snip]
>
> thanks

No. Read up on ARP poisoning if you're interested. Then again, maybe
that's why you were asking in the first place?