Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2002 22:41:13 -0700 (PDT) From: Hal Burch <hburch@lumeta.com> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: misc/42467: netstat -s does not include fabricated pkts in "packets sent from host" Message-ID: <200209060541.g865fDnq007029@www.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 42467 >Category: misc >Synopsis: netstat -s does not include fabricated pkts in "packets sent from host" >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Thu Sep 05 22:50:02 PDT 2002 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Hal Burch >Release: 5.0-CURRENT >Organization: Lumeta Corporation >Environment: FreeBSD hburch-lap.corp.lumeta.com 5.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT #5: Tue May 7 18:46:05 EDT 2002 hburch@hburch-lap.corp.lumeta.com:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/LOCAL i386 >Description: "packets sent from this host" for ip: in netstat -in does not include packets with fabricated header. This is not causing us any operational problems. I have not tested the behavior of the similar ip6 counters. >How-To-Repeat: On a completely quite machine: $ netstat -s | grep 'packets sent' > /tmp/a $ traceroute -n 1.1.1.1 $ netstat -s | grep 'packets sent' | diff /tmp/a - notice that 'packets sent with fabricated header' (within ip: section) has increased, but 'packets sent from this host' has not. >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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