Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 19:00:50 -0400 (EDT) From: "Ian P. Thomas" <ipthomas_77@yahoo.com> To: jfm@blueyonder.co.uk Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: firewall log output Message-ID: <200106292300.TAA00818@scraemondaemon.my.domain> In-Reply-To: <ne5pjt0gsm9e6cg2q0fdaj63i1tgcifn80@4ax.com> from "John Murphy" at Jun 29, 2001 04:07:27 PM
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You're right, it is a Motorola Surfboard. Any way to turn it off? It fills up my log and I have to reset it to zero. This last message is the only other one I see. I get three in a row and then the Surfboard trys to call ALL-SYSTEMS. ipfw: 65435 Deny UDP 24.49.96.10:2301 255.255.255.255:2301 in via fxp0 It's a UDP but the originating IP isn't mine and 2301 isn't listed online or in /etc/services. Am I right in thinking that the 255.xxx.xxx.xxx is the entire subnet for all cable modem users in my area and that this UDP packet is being sent to all of them? Ian In the last episode, John Murphy stated... > > "Ian P. Thomas" <ipthomas_77@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > After getting my Cable connection working I installed a firewall with > >IPFW. I have tinkered with the rules and it seems to work fine except for > >one small problem. I get these messages over and over again. > > > >ipfw: 65435 Deny P:2 192.168.100.1 224.0.0.1 in via fxp0 > > A Motorola Surfboard perhaps? 192.168.100.1 is the IP of my Surfboard > and it's trying to call ALL-SYSTEMS.MCAST.NET quite harmless I think. > > John. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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