Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 10:22:44 +1000 From: Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org> To: mw@lanfear.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Weird syslog message Message-ID: <20011024102244.E552@k7.mavetju.org> In-Reply-To: <20011023235851.9F35537B403@hub.freebsd.org>; from mw@lanfear.com on Tue, Oct 23, 2001 at 04:58:51PM -0700 References: <20011023235851.9F35537B403@hub.freebsd.org>
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On Tue, Oct 23, 2001 at 04:58:51PM -0700, mw@lanfear.com wrote: > I got the following message in my syslog the other day. > > Oct 20 12:33:41 akira /kernel: arp: 216.168.61.163 moved from > 00:05:02:51:2e:26 to 00:50:e4:c0:70:1b on fxp0 It says that the MAC address for 216.168.61.163 has changed. This can be a security issue, because some evil person has plugged in his computer and is now looking around on your network. Or it is somebody who just got a new computer (or network card) and is using his computer for the first time. Edwin -- Edwin Groothuis | Personal website: http://www.MavEtJu.org edwin@mavetju.org | Interested in MUDs? Visit Fatal Dimensions: ------------------+ http://www.FatalDimensions.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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