From owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 26 00:40:12 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 32F2016A4CE for ; Sun, 26 Dec 2004 00:40:12 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.nativenerds.com (host-70-0-111-24.midco.net [24.111.0.70]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 840A743D49 for ; Sun, 26 Dec 2004 00:40:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from estover@nativenerds.com) Received: from mail.nativenerds.com (localhost.nativenerds.com [127.0.0.1]) iBQ0ij03007228; Sat, 25 Dec 2004 17:44:45 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from estover@nativenerds.com) Received: (from www@localhost) by mail.nativenerds.com (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id iBQ0ijlu007227; Sat, 25 Dec 2004 17:44:45 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from estover@nativenerds.com) X-Authentication-Warning: mail.nativenerds.com: www set sender to estover@nativenerds.com using -f Received: from 66.115.243.113 (SquirrelMail authenticated user estover); by mail.nativenerds.com with HTTP; Sat, 25 Dec 2004 17:44:44 -0700 (MST) Message-ID: <3223.66.115.243.113.1104021884.squirrel@66.115.243.113> In-Reply-To: <41CDA5C0.3000105@adelphia.net> References: <41CDA5C0.3000105@adelphia.net> Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2004 17:44:44 -0700 (MST) From: estover@nativenerds.com To: "Bob Ababurko" User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.3a X-Mailer: SquirrelMail/1.4.3a MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.3 required=5.0 tests=NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=no version=2.63 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on mail.nativenerds.com cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: odd log mesage...looks serious X-BeenThere: freebsd-security@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Security issues [members-only posting] List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2004 00:40:12 -0000 Have you run any program such as trafshowor iftop, they make that apear in my logs. > 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 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-security@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-security > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-security-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >