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+Arptables is used to set up, maintain, and inspect the tables of ARP rules
+in the Linux kernel. It is analogous to iptables, but operates at the ARP
+layer rather than the IP layer.
+
+Currently, only support for specifying hardware addresses for Ethernet
+is available. This tool is not luser-proof: you can specify an Ethernet
+source address and set hardware length to something different than 6, f.e.
+
+arptables was written by Bart De Schuymer based on code from iptables
+
+Arptables Frequently (and less frequently) Asked Questions:
+http://ebtables.sourceforge.net/arptables-faq.html