From owner-freebsd-stable Thu Aug 2 11: 6:57 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from flounder.jimking.net (flounder.jimking.net [209.205.176.18]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7389937B403 for ; Thu, 2 Aug 2001 11:06:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jim@jimking.net) Received: from jking (jking.lgc.com [134.132.76.82]) (authenticated) by flounder.jimking.net (8.11.4/8.11.3) with ESMTP id f72I6l925028 (using TLSv1/SSLv3 with cipher RC4-MD5 (128 bits) verified NO); Thu, 2 Aug 2001 13:06:52 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from jim@jimking.net) Message-ID: <005c01c11b7d$e85ee680$524c8486@jking> From: "Jim King" To: "Ted Sikora" , References: <3B69300A.3EC4C67E@home.com> <3B697F99.D179CA84@home.com> Subject: Re: Bridge? Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2001 13:06:46 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2479.0006 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2479.0006 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG "Ted Sikora" wrote > Ted Sikora wrote: > > > > I have stable on both cable and dsl. The following message (rpc.statd: > > invalid hostname to sm_stat: ^X÷ÿ¿^X÷ÿ¿^) > > has been a mainstay in stable for some time. I have 2 nic cards in the > > machines. Do I need the 'options BRIDGE' in the kernel? I just set up a > > firewall and that did not eliminate the messages. > > > > That was it. I guess the Bridge option is needed with cable and dsl > modems. I have a FreeBSD box with two NICs acting as a NAT gateway to my DSL connection. I do not use 'options BRIDGE' and it works fine. The message above looks like somebody was trying to hack you. Maybe a portmapper attack? Jim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message