Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2003 10:52:43 -0500 From: "Norman Walek" <njwalek@hotmail.com> To: mtech@buffnet.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Connection attempt to TCP messages in /var/log/messages Message-ID: <Law9-F4P8yJrNKBqujs000056b2@hotmail.com>
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edit /etc/syslog.conf appropriately kernel.debug for said example >Nov 25 03:09:56 asia /kernel: Connection attempt to TCP 202.79.180.131:80 njw "Mohsin Rahman" <mtech@buffnet.net> wrote in message news:<005d01c3b2d1$2cd8caa0$6213f6cd@mohsin.lucky.freebsd.questions>... >sysctl -w net.inet.tcp.log_in_vain=1 >sysctl -w net.inet.udp.log_in_vain=1 > >turns em on and > >sysctl -w net.inet.tcp.log_in_vain=0 >sysctl -w net.inet.udp.log_in_vain=0 > >turns them off. Hope this helps. > >Anyone know how to add a time/date to this log entry and which file to >modify? > >-- >Mohsin Rahman >mtech@buffnet.net > > >----- Original Message ----- From: "Kent Stewart" <kstewart@owt.com> >To: "Spades" <spades@galaxynet.org>; <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> >Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003 2:28 PM >Subject: Re: Connection attempt to TCP messages in /var/log/messages > > > > On Monday 24 November 2003 11:11 am, Spades wrote: > > > I did a tail -f /var/log/messages and got all these.. > > > > > > previously before my cvs and recompile kernel to 4.9 stable > > > it didn't have below.. now it does.. > > > > > > Nov 25 03:09:56 asia /kernel: Connection attempt to TCP > 202.79.180.131:80 > > > from 65.217.41.66:1681 > > > Nov 25 03:09:58 asia /kernel: Connection attempt to TCP > 202.79.180.130:80 > > > from 24.136.234.77:4059 > > > > > > question.. how to stop seeing them in /var/log/messages? > > > > > > > Buy a hardware firewall that you place in front of your computer. You > probably > > have a log option in your firewall and someone is trying to connect to > your > > web server. You could turn off logging but I like to know who is trying >to > > connect to my systems. This is especially true when I am not running a > > service and they are probing to find out if I am. > > > > Kent > > > > -- > Kent Stewart > > Richland, WA > > > > http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to >"freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" _________________________________________________________________ Tired of slow downloads and busy signals? Get a high-speed Internet connection! Comparison-shop your local high-speed providers here. https://broadband.msn.com
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