Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2004 12:39:12 -0500 From: Bob Ababurko <ababurko@adelphia.net> To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: odd log mesage...looks serious Message-ID: <41CDA5C0.3000105@adelphia.net>
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hello all- and a happy holiday to all you geeks that are in front of the crt! I found these log messages in my logs and I am not sure what some of them signify. Dec 23 19:08:39 smtp kernel: Limiting closed port RST response from 221 to 200 packets/sec Dec 23 19:08:40 smtp kernel: Limiting closed port RST response from 241 to 200 packets/sec Dec 24 05:32:34 smtp kernel: fxp0: promiscuous mode enabled Dec 24 05:32:49 smtp kernel: fxp0: promiscuous mode disabled Dec 24 05:33:01 smtp kernel: fxp0: promiscuous mode enabled Dec 24 08:18:44 smtp kernel: fxp0: promiscuous mode disabled Dec 24 12:48:57 smtp kernel: Limiting closed port RST response from 201 to 200 packets/sec I understand the "Limiting closed port RST response". ....but what are the promiscuous mode enabled and disabled on my NIC? I am not doing this, so who or what is doing this. Or better yet, what does this mean? I have a fear that this one is serious. So what I need is some direction into finding out how this occurs and what I can do to stop it. thanks, Bob
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