--- v2.4.5/linux/include/linux/inetdevice.h~	Sat Jun  2 08:59:33 2001
+++ linux/include/linux/inetdevice.h	Sat Jun  2 09:02:13 2001
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 	int	forwarding;
 	int	mc_forwarding;
 	int	tag;
+	int     hidden;
 	int     arp_filter;
 	void	*sysctl;
 };
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@
 
 #define IN_DEV_LOG_MARTIANS(in_dev)	(ipv4_devconf.log_martians || (in_dev)->cnf.log_martians)
 #define IN_DEV_PROXY_ARP(in_dev)	(ipv4_devconf.proxy_arp || (in_dev)->cnf.proxy_arp)
+#define IN_DEV_HIDDEN(in_dev)		((in_dev)->cnf.hidden && ipv4_devconf.hidden)
 #define IN_DEV_SHARED_MEDIA(in_dev)	(ipv4_devconf.shared_media || (in_dev)->cnf.shared_media)
 #define IN_DEV_TX_REDIRECTS(in_dev)	(ipv4_devconf.send_redirects || (in_dev)->cnf.send_redirects)
 #define IN_DEV_SEC_REDIRECTS(in_dev)	(ipv4_devconf.secure_redirects || (in_dev)->cnf.secure_redirects)
--- v2.4.5/linux/include/linux/sysctl.h~	Sat Jun  2 08:59:38 2001
+++ linux/include/linux/sysctl.h	Sat Jun  2 09:04:12 2001
@@ -325,7 +325,8 @@
 	NET_IPV4_CONF_BOOTP_RELAY=10,
 	NET_IPV4_CONF_LOG_MARTIANS=11,
 	NET_IPV4_CONF_TAG=12,
-	NET_IPV4_CONF_ARPFILTER=13
+	NET_IPV4_CONF_ARPFILTER=13,
+	NET_IPV4_CONF_HIDDEN=14,
 };
 
 /* /proc/sys/net/ipv6 */
--- v2.4.5/linux/net/ipv4/arp.c~	Sat Jun  2 08:59:38 2001
+++ linux/net/ipv4/arp.c	Sat Jun  2 09:15:50 2001
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@
  *		Alexey Kuznetsov:	new arp state machine;
  *					now it is in net/core/neighbour.c.
  *		Krzysztof Halasa:	Added Frame Relay ARP support.
+ *		Julian Anastasov:	"hidden" flag: hide the
+ *					interface and don't reply for it
  */
 
 #include <linux/types.h>
@@ -317,12 +319,23 @@
 static void arp_solicit(struct neighbour *neigh, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	u32 saddr;
+	int from_skb;
+	struct in_device *in_dev2 = NULL;
+	struct net_device *dev2 = NULL;
 	u8  *dst_ha = NULL;
 	struct net_device *dev = neigh->dev;
 	u32 target = *(u32*)neigh->primary_key;
 	int probes = atomic_read(&neigh->probes);
 
-	if (skb && inet_addr_type(skb->nh.iph->saddr) == RTN_LOCAL)
+	from_skb = (skb &&
+		(dev2 = ip_dev_find(skb->nh.iph->saddr)) != NULL &&
+		(in_dev2 = in_dev_get(dev2)) != NULL &&
+		!IN_DEV_HIDDEN(in_dev2));
+	if (dev2) {
+		if (in_dev2) in_dev_put(in_dev2);
+		dev_put(dev2);
+	}
+	if (from_skb)
 		saddr = skb->nh.iph->saddr;
 	else
 		saddr = inet_select_addr(dev, target, RT_SCOPE_LINK);
@@ -742,9 +755,22 @@
 
 	/* Special case: IPv4 duplicate address detection packet (RFC2131) */
 	if (sip == 0) {
-		if (arp->ar_op == __constant_htons(ARPOP_REQUEST) &&
-		    inet_addr_type(tip) == RTN_LOCAL)
+		int reply;
+		struct net_device *dev2 = NULL;
+		struct in_device *in_dev2 = NULL;
+
+		reply =
+		    (arp->ar_op == __constant_htons(ARPOP_REQUEST) &&
+		    (dev2 = ip_dev_find(tip)) != NULL &&
+		    (dev2 == dev ||
+		    ((in_dev2 = in_dev_get(dev2)) != NULL &&
+		    !IN_DEV_HIDDEN(in_dev2))));
+		if (dev2) {
+		    if (in_dev2) in_dev_put(in_dev2);
+		    dev_put(dev2);
+		    if (reply)
 			arp_send(ARPOP_REPLY,ETH_P_ARP,tip,dev,tip,sha,dev->dev_addr,dev->dev_addr);
+		}
 		goto out;
 	}
 
@@ -758,6 +784,21 @@
 			n = neigh_event_ns(&arp_tbl, sha, &sip, dev);
 			if (n) {
 				int dont_send = 0;
+				if (ipv4_devconf.hidden &&
+				    skb->pkt_type != PACKET_HOST) {
+					struct net_device *dev2 = NULL;
+					struct in_device *in_dev2 = NULL;
+
+					dont_send |=
+					  ((dev2 = ip_dev_find(tip)) != NULL &&
+					  dev2 != dev &&
+					  (in_dev2=in_dev_get(dev2)) != NULL &&
+					  IN_DEV_HIDDEN(in_dev2));
+					if (dev2) {
+					    if (in_dev2) in_dev_put(in_dev2);
+					    dev_put(dev2);
+					}
+				}
 				if (IN_DEV_ARPFILTER(in_dev))
 					dont_send |= arp_filter(sip,tip,dev); 
 				if (!dont_send)
--- v2.4.5/linux/net/ipv4/devinet.c~	Sat Jun  2 08:59:38 2001
+++ linux/net/ipv4/devinet.c	Sat Jun  2 09:17:26 2001
@@ -736,7 +736,8 @@
 
 		read_lock(&in_dev->lock);
 		for_primary_ifa(in_dev) {
-			if (ifa->ifa_scope != RT_SCOPE_LINK &&
+			if (!IN_DEV_HIDDEN(in_dev) &&
+			    ifa->ifa_scope != RT_SCOPE_LINK &&
 			    ifa->ifa_scope <= scope) {
 				read_unlock(&in_dev->lock);
 				read_unlock(&inetdev_lock);
@@ -1016,7 +1017,7 @@
 static struct devinet_sysctl_table
 {
 	struct ctl_table_header *sysctl_header;
-	ctl_table devinet_vars[14];
+	ctl_table devinet_vars[15];
 	ctl_table devinet_dev[2];
 	ctl_table devinet_conf_dir[2];
 	ctl_table devinet_proto_dir[2];
@@ -1058,6 +1059,9 @@
          &proc_dointvec},
 	{NET_IPV4_CONF_TAG, "tag",
 	 &ipv4_devconf.tag, sizeof(int), 0644, NULL,
+	 &proc_dointvec},
+	{NET_IPV4_CONF_HIDDEN, "hidden",
+	 &ipv4_devconf.hidden, sizeof(int), 0644, NULL,
 	 &proc_dointvec},
 	{NET_IPV4_CONF_ARPFILTER, "arp_filter",
 	 &ipv4_devconf.arp_filter, sizeof(int), 0644, NULL,
--- v2.4.5/linux/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt~	Sat Jun  2 08:58:39 2001
+++ linux/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt	Sat Jun  2 09:01:06 2001
@@ -1578,6 +1578,16 @@
 
 Determines whether to send ICMP redirects to other hosts.
 
+hidden
+------
+
+Hide addresses attached to this device from another devices.
+Such addresses will never be selected by source address autoselection
+mechanism, host does not answer broadcast ARP requests for them,
+does not announce it as source address of ARP requests, but they
+are still reachable via IP. This flag is activated only if it is
+enabled both in specific device section and in "all" section.
+
 Routing settings
 ----------------
 
--- v2.4.5/linux/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt~	Sat Jun  2 08:59:19 2001
+++ linux/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt	Sat Jun  2 09:01:06 2001
@@ -392,6 +392,14 @@
 	Default value is 0. Note that some distributions enable it
 	in startip scripts.
 
+hidden - BOOLEAN
+	Hide addresses attached to this device from another devices.
+	Such addresses will never be selected by source address autoselection
+	mechanism, host does not answer broadcast ARP requests for them,
+	does not announce it as source address of ARP requests, but they
+	are still reachable via IP. This flag is activated only if it is
+	enabled both in specific device section and in "all" section.
+
 Alexey Kuznetsov.
 kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru
 
