Duplicate IP on a default gateway interface = Bad

Question

I just had an entire VLAN drop out due to a host being brought onto the network that had been erroneously configured with a static IP that happened to be in conflict with the HSRP default gateway IP of the core switch; fortunately, we were able to remove the offending host and reconfigure default gateways as a workaround until the core switch's ARP table updated.
Is there any way to configure a 6500 running IOS to inhibit or block a conflicting IP (especially one with a gateway IP) by using a static ARP entry or other authoritative command?
Thanks,
Marc

Answer 1

Hi,
You may use the following.
enable Unicast Reverse Path Forwarding on an interface. Unicast RPF guards against IP spoofing (a packet uses an incorrect source IP address to obscure its true source) by ensuring that all packets have a source IP address that matches the correct source interface according to the routing table.
Normally, the FWSM only looks at the destination address when determining where to forward the packet. Unicast RPF instructs the FWSM to also look at the source address; this is why it is called Reverse Path Forwarding. For any traffic that you want to allow through the FWSM, the FWSM routing table must include a route back to the source address. See RFC 2267 for more information.
For outside traffic, for example, the FWSM can use the default route to satisfy the Unicast RPF protection. If traffic enters from an outside interface, and the source address is not known to the routing table, the FWSM uses the default route to correctly identify the outside interface as the source interface.
If traffic enters the outside interface from an address that is known to the routing table, but is associated with the inside interface, then the FWSM drops the packet. Similarly, if traffic enters the inside interface from an unknown source address, the FWSM drops the packet because the matching route (the default route) indicates the outside interface.
Unicast RPF is implemented as follows:
?ICMP packets have no session, so each packet is checked.
?UDP and TCP have sessions, so the initial packet requires a reverse route lookup. Subsequent packets arriving during the session are checked using an existing state maintained as part of the session. Non-initial packets are checked to ensure they arrived on the same interface used by the initial packet.
To enable Unicast RPF, enter the following command:
hostname(config)# ip verify reverse-path interface interface_name
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