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To: Vince Vielhaber <vev@michvhf.com>
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Subject: Re: icmp-response bandwidth limit? 
In-Reply-To: Message from Vince Vielhaber <vev@michvhf.com> 
   of "Sat, 20 Jan 2001 20:01:44 EST." <Pine.BSF.4.30.0101201959040.37636-100000@paprika.michvhf.com> 
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 17:18:22 -0800
From: Dima Dorfman <dima@unixfreak.org>
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> 
> Today I'm suddenly getting these messages:
> 
> Jan 20 18:44:48 chives /kernel: icmp-response bandwidth limit 230/200 pps
> 
> Is someone trying to pingflood me or something?

Somebody already gave you the gist of it, but in case you're curious
there's an FAQ entry about this describing it in a little more detail:

http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/networking.html#ICMP-RESPONSE-BW-LIMIT

					Dima Dorfman
					dima@unixfreak.org

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