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Date:      Wed, 14 Feb 2001 01:29:44 -0800 (Pacific Standard Time)
From:      Joseph Stein <joes@joescanner.com>
To:        Francesco Casadei <fcasadei@inwind.it>
Cc:        <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Firewall rules block P:2 and P:103
Message-ID:  <Pine.WNT.4.31.0102140128210.1164-100000@hood>
In-Reply-To: <20010214102008.A2113@junior.kasby>

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> Can anybody explain me what P:103 and P:2 mean? Why my ISP keep sending me
> these packets?

according to /etc/protocols, P:103 is "Protocol independent Multicast" and
P:2 is "Internet Group Management Protocol".

> Should I allow or deny these packets?

It's probably safe to block them, but i'm no expert.

joe



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