Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 09:52:32 +0300 (EEST) From: Alexander V Zubchenko <stalker@hermes-comp.zp.ua> To: John Newlin <jnewlin@tsoft.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Entry in /var/log/security Message-ID: <20020621094443.S21649-100000@server.hermes-comp.zp.ua> In-Reply-To: <000e01c218a7$97b016a0$0b01a8c0@hq.tensilica.com>
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Greetings! On Thu, 20 Jun 2002, John Newlin wrote: > I'm seeing a few of these in my security log: > > Jun 19 20:45:48 john /kernel: ipfw: 1300 Deny UDP 198.144.206.1:56238 255.255.255.255:53 in via de1 > > Any idea what this may be about. The source address is that of my default route. > > -John Newlin > > This mean that Your default router sending boradcast DNS queries which is not permitted by Your firewall setup on this machine. If default route is other end of Internet-link (ISP-side), You can ask them about this. If You have access to this machine, check correctness of DNS-servers-setup. Looks like it is machine, which don't know about proper nameservers to ask. Alexander V Zubchenko, E-Mail: stalker@hermes-comp.zp.ua System Administrator, WWW: http://www.hermes-comp.zp.ua/ Hermes-comp, Ukraine, Zaporizhzhya, Geroev Stalingrada 50 phone/fax: +380 612 64-19-72 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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