On 06/27/2011 11:18 AM, Constant Brouerius van Nidek wrote:
For the time being I have disabled mdns but would like to find some background information. Do I need Multicast? Why does this message creeps into Linux since 2004? Whatis SFW2? Something that drops does not sound good. What drops?
SFW2= SuSEFirewall2, frontend to iptables A packet that shouldn't connect to your network SHOULD be dropped
One of the complete lines I find the dmesg full with is:
[60253.528099] SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=eth0 OUT= MAC=5e:61:19:e7:2a:36:00:25:86:cf:8d:ae:08:00 SRC=64.41.4.144 DST=192.168.1.101 LEN=54 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=113 ID=6668 PROTO=UDP SPT=27896 DPT=1620 LEN=34
64.41.4.144 is trying to reach you (192.168.1.101) on port 1620 which is according to /etc/services is faxportwinport Hope this helps you to understand your situation better now Togan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org