odd log mesage...looks serious
Bob Ababurko
ababurko at adelphia.net
Sat Dec 25 09:39:18 PST 2004
hello all-
and a happy holiday to all you geeks that are in front of the crt!
I found these log messages in my logs and I am not sure what some of
them signify.
Dec 23 19:08:39 smtp kernel: Limiting closed port RST response from 221
to 200 packets/sec
Dec 23 19:08:40 smtp kernel: Limiting closed port RST response from 241
to 200 packets/sec
Dec 24 05:32:34 smtp kernel: fxp0: promiscuous mode enabled
Dec 24 05:32:49 smtp kernel: fxp0: promiscuous mode disabled
Dec 24 05:33:01 smtp kernel: fxp0: promiscuous mode enabled
Dec 24 08:18:44 smtp kernel: fxp0: promiscuous mode disabled
Dec 24 12:48:57 smtp kernel: Limiting closed port RST response from 201
to 200 packets/sec
I understand the "Limiting closed port RST response". ....but what are
the promiscuous mode enabled and disabled on my NIC? I am not doing
this, so who or what is doing this. Or better yet, what does this mean?
I have a fear that this one is serious. So what I need is some
direction into finding out how this occurs and what I can do to stop it.
thanks,
Bob
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