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Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 11:27:51 +0700 (ICT)
From: pirat sriyotha <pirat@center.oaep.go.th>
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Subject: Re: arpwatch: sent bad addr len
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On Thu, 16 Jul 1998, Doug White wrote:

> On Tue, 14 Jul 1998, pirat sriyotha wrote:
> 
> > hi,
> > 
> > what effect if my machine get some message from arpwatch that says
> > 
> > arpwatch: 8:0:20:21:90:25 sent bad addr len (hard 6, prot 170)
> > 
> > this message repeats for nearly this afternoon.
> > 
> > can one stop such a kind of message ?
> 
> Go to whatever machine 8:0:20:21:90:25 is and figure out why it's doing
> it.
>

that is center. the machine is center, the same center as center that
appear in my e-mail addrress.  and the name server too.

what i did was to inform sysadmin after getting  your answer.  but such a
things still happens quite often.

>
> Probably playing IPX games.
> 

can one use ipfw, deny all from such_a_machine to my_machine, to stop
a similar things ?

any answers/suggestions are gratefully accepted.




rgds,
Pirat Sriyotha

Office of Atomic Energy for Peace
Vibhavadi Rangsit road
Bangkhen, Bangkok-10900
THAILAND

pirat@center.oaep.go.th


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