Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 21:08:05 +0200 (CEST) From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> To: Rob <bitabyss@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ipfw denial log - what's this mean? Message-ID: <20080410210716.V8291@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> In-Reply-To: <47FE5EC1.7000809@gmail.com> References: <47FE5EC1.7000809@gmail.com>
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> > ipfw denied packets: > +++ /tmp/security.gnkQg5CA Thu Apr 10 03:04:15 2008 > +00200 12 795 deny ip from any to 127.0.0.0/8 > > What does this mean? I understand that's the loopback interface, but I'm not > terribly knowledgeable on ipfw. Is this some crack attempt, or normal > background noise? I don't understand how lo0 would ever see any IP addresses > other than its own?! while i don't use any of FreeBSD "security" scripts in cron, it probably jut copies non-zero count lines from ipfw show for rules marked with deny.
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