From owner-freebsd-security Wed Nov 1 15:41:30 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from fw.wintelcom.net (ns1.wintelcom.net [209.1.153.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C079737B479 for ; Wed, 1 Nov 2000 15:41:25 -0800 (PST) Received: (from bright@localhost) by fw.wintelcom.net (8.10.0/8.10.0) id eA1Nf4426570; Wed, 1 Nov 2000 15:41:04 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2000 15:41:04 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein To: Buliwyf McGraw Cc: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Console Message Message-ID: <20001101154104.J20567@fw.wintelcom.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.4i In-Reply-To: ; from buliwyf@libertad.univalle.edu.co on Wed, Nov 01, 2000 at 06:46:47PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org * Buliwyf McGraw [001101 15:38] wrote: > > Hi... few days ago, i have a new message in my console, but i > dont know what it means or which program is generating this: > > icmp_request bandwidth limit 105/100 pps > icmp_request bandwidth limit 120/100 pps > icmp_request bandwidth limit 117/100 pps > icmp_request bandwidth limit 108/100 pps > > It is a security problem? It means something is hitting your machine with traffic that causes it to respond that is basically optional. like a ping flood. -- -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message