Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2001 13:06:46 -0500 From: "Jim King" <jim@jimking.net> To: "Ted Sikora" <tsikora@home.com>, <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Bridge? Message-ID: <005c01c11b7d$e85ee680$524c8486@jking> References: <3B69300A.3EC4C67E@home.com> <3B697F99.D179CA84@home.com>
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"Ted Sikora" <tsikora@home.com> 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
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