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Date:      Thu, 18 Oct 2007 19:36:27 +0300
From:      Nikos Vassiliadis <nvass@teledomenet.gr>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Cc:        "Michael K. Smith - Adhost" <mksmith@adhost.com>
Subject:   Re: Odd PF Denied Message
Message-ID:  <200710181936.29157.nvass@teledomenet.gr>
In-Reply-To: <17838240D9A5544AAA5FF95F8D5203160297F7BC@ad-exh01.adhost.lan>
References:  <17838240D9A5544AAA5FF95F8D5203160297F7B3@ad-exh01.adhost.lan> <200710181829.48220.nvass@teledomenet.gr> <17838240D9A5544AAA5FF95F8D5203160297F7BC@ad-exh01.adhost.lan>

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On Thursday 18 October 2007 18:39:56 Michael K. Smith - Adhost wrote:
> Thank you for the clue!  We are using log in vain as part of our
> security logging for this particular box, but this is the only message
> I've ever seen so I'm not sure it's really needed.

It must be a local program trying to connect to ident.
Probably nothing to worry about. I would check which is
this program though. If that's the only message you get
you must be protected, at least packet_filtering-wise.

I think log_in_vain can be used when configuring a firewall.
Just to see quickly if your firewall works as expected and
then turn it off. Otherwise it is just going to create tons
of irrelevant log messages.

Nikos



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