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Date:      Mon, 15 Nov 1999 15:03:22 +0300
From:      Vladimir Dubrovin <vlad@sandy.ru>
To:        "Francisco Reyes" <fran@reyes.somos.net>
Cc:        freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Is this an attack? ICMP packets coming from my own IP
Message-ID:  <19627.991115@sandy.ru>
In-Reply-To: <199911151140.GAA50607@sanson.reyes.somos.net>
References:  <199911151140.GAA50607@sanson.reyes.somos.net>

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Hello Francisco Reyes,

15.11.99 14:38, you wrote: Is this an attack? ICMP packets coming from my own IP;

F> Some days back I ran a news server, Leafnode++, for 2 days. The server got Hijacked because I failed to 
F> secure it. Ever since I have been paying close attention to my logs.

F> I have ICMP packets enabled, but I log them. Last night I noticed numerous ICMP packets, but the ones 
F> that worried me the most were some coming from an IP which is the IP I use on that box: 207.240.212.43

F> Is this some form of attack?

It's  your ping of your own machine. icmp:0.0 is ping request icmp:0.8
is ping reply. As you can see every packet is both in and out.

F> ipfw: 3100 Accept ICMP:8.0 207.240.212.43 207.240.212.43 out via tun0
F> ipfw: 3100 Accept ICMP:8.0 207.240.212.43 207.240.212.43 in via tun0
F> ipfw: 3100 Accept ICMP:0.0 207.240.212.43 207.240.212.43 out via tun0
F> ipfw: 3100 Accept ICMP:0.0 207.240.212.43 207.240.212.43 in via tun0
F> ipfw: 3100 Accept ICMP:8.0 207.240.212.43 207.240.212.43 out via tun0
F> ipfw: 3100 Accept ICMP:8.0 207.240.212.43 207.240.212.43 in via tun0

F> How can they forge my own IP? Should I mention this to my ISP?




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