Date: Sat, 14 May 2005 09:14:20 +0200 From: "Colin J. Raven" <colin@kenmore.kozy-kabin.nl> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Strange kernel messages Message-ID: <20050514090844.Q9329@kenmore.kozy-kabin.nl>
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Hi all! I occasionally get these in my daily security run output (which is worrying in itself) Limiting closed port RST response from 1629 to 200 packets per second the number of these can range from one or two, to sometimes 25 - 30 although the latter case is rarer. Usually there's about six or so. These don't arrive every day, usually about once per week on average. Is this an OS response to an attempted attack, limiting potential DDOS damage? That's how I'm reading it, but of course I'm guessing. If that *is* so, what mechanism is doing this? FreeBSD 4.11 STABLE Regards & TIA -Colin
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