Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Thu, 30 Dec 2004 14:03:01 +0000 (GMT)
From:      Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>
To:        ann kok <annkok2001@yahoo.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: icmp message in the log file
Message-ID:  <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1041230140201.71776E-100000@fledge.watson.org>
In-Reply-To: <20041229195404.39577.qmail@web52008.mail.yahoo.com>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Wed, 29 Dec 2004, ann kok wrote:

> I got big bandwidth traffic from outside and there are messages the
> following
> 
> and I don't know what is the meaning! 
> 
> eg: ICMP:52.29 0.108.84.77
> 
> in /var/log/messages

It looks like ICMP packets may be matching a "log" rule in your rule
chain.  Does your ipfw rule set include "log" actions? 

Robert Watson



Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?Pine.NEB.3.96L.1041230140201.71776E-100000>