Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2000 19:01:48 -0600 (CST) From: Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com> To: James Lim <jameslpin@pacific.net.sg> Cc: Moritz Hardt <mhardt@morix.de>, Buliwyf McGraw <buliwyf@libertad.univalle.edu.co>, security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Console Message Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0011011900580.29981-100000@achilles.silby.com> In-Reply-To: <000501c04466$e20b05a0$775e78cb@garychang>
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On Thu, 2 Nov 2000, James Lim wrote: > Hi, > > I suppose you did enable icmp_bandlim in ur kernel which restricts > ICMP traffic to your system. THose error msgs shows that there are in excess > icmp traffic. > sysctl -a | grep bandlim > > You could change the settings to higher using sysctl -w > > Regards, > James Lim There's little reason to raise the limit. Most likely he was seeing the rate limiting of RST packets caused by an nmap of his box. If he raises the limit, nmap will just scan faster next time. Mike "Silby" Silbersack To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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