Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (4165 mails)

["Matt Stamm" <suselist@xxxxxxxxx>]

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From: Vince <default@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
Date:  Wed, 23 Apr 2003 15:52:51 +0100 
 
>On Wednesday 23 April 2003 3:11 pm, Matt Stamm 
wrote: 
> 
>> I also noticed the following interesting 
entires 
>> in the log files... 
>> 
>> in the "warn" log... 
>> 
>> Apr 19 18:32:23 linux kernel: 199.170.68.4 sent 
an 
>> invalid ICMP error to a broadcast. 
>> Apr 19 18:32:24 linux kernel: 199.170.68.4 sent 
an 
>> invalid ICMP error to a broadcast. 
>> 
> 
>www.samspade.org is a useful portal to all kinds 
of look-up resources. For  
>example 199.170.68.4 turns up this: 
> 
> 
>UUNET Technologies, Inc. NETBLK-UUCBLK170-173 
(NET-199-170-0-0-1)  
>                                   199.170.0.0 - 
199.173.255.255 
> ShaysNet.COM SHAYSNET-NET (NET-199-170-68-0-1)  
>                                   199.170.68.0 - 
199.170.68.255 
> 
> 
>I'm assuming you'd have no legit reason for the 
machine going there. It sort  
>of looks like you might not be the target and 
that your visitor is trying to  
>make a long track which is hard to follow, rather 
than a short well hidden  
>track. 
> 
>Vince Littler  
>  
> 
 
Vince,  
 
No, no need to go there. Very interesting, I'll 
check it out. 
 
Thanks for you help. 
Matt