Strange kernel messages
Colin J. Raven
colin at kenmore.kozy-kabin.nl
Sat May 14 02:46:36 PDT 2005
On May 14 at 09:19, Daniel Gerzo responded helpfully:
>
>> Limiting closed port RST response from 1629 to 200 packets per second
>
> your kernel is limitting number of icmp ping requests to 200, someone
> is possibly trying to ping -f you. You can also decrease/increase this
> limit with net.inet.icmp.icmplim
and:
On May 14 at 09:35, Erik Trulsson also launched this into the bitstream:
See the FAQ:
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/networking.html#ICMP-RESPONSE-BW-LIMIT
Daniel & Erik;
many thanks for your responses!
Most helpful and illuminating. I'm glad to know the cause/cure for this
Regards & Thanks,
-Colin
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