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Date:      Mon, 16 Sep 2002 02:13:05 -0500
From:      Gerd Knops <gerti@bitart.com>
To:        "Chris Byrnes" <chris__byrnes@hotmail.com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org, stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: arplookup xx.xxx.xx.xxx failed: host is not on local network
Message-ID:  <BF15F58E-C943-11D6-80F8-00039363AEBE@bitart.com>
In-Reply-To: <F738a3s875qIOjsnK7L0001ad5a@hotmail.com>

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On Sunday, Sep 15, 2002, at 14:08 US/Central, Chris Byrnes wrote:

> My /var/log/messages is being filled, non-stop, by these errors looped:
>
> Sep 15 13:41:28 servername /kernel: arplookup xx.xxx.xx.xxx failed: 
> host is not on local network
> Sep 15 13:41:28 servername /kernel: arplookup xx.xxx.xx.xxx failed: 
> host is not on local network
>
> After doing some reading, I've already issued, "sysctl -w 
> net.link.ether.inet.log_arp_wrong_iface=0" thinking that would fix the 
> problem.  Unfortunately, it has not.
>
> Any ideas?
>
I see those too, but only if sshd is running. Maybe some kind of attack 
attempt?

Gerd


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