strange entry in SuSEfirewall v4.8 log
3 Oct
2001
3 Oct
'01
15:19
Oct 2 13:48:57 {my} kernel: IP_MASQ:reverse ICMP: failed checksum from 212.80.177.4! haven't seen this sort of entry before ... does it indicate someone sent me a malformed ping packet?
4 Oct
4 Oct
08:44
New subject: [suse-security] strange entry in SuSEfirewall v4.8 log
* michael.ryan@storm.ie wrote on Wed, Oct 03, 2001 at 16:19 +0100:
Oct 2 13:48:57 {my} kernel: IP_MASQ:reverse ICMP: failed checksum from 212.80.177.4!
haven't seen this sort of entry before ... does it indicate someone sent me a malformed ping packet?
Or just some bit error happend on some wire. AFAIK malformed packets usually have correct checksums, since otherwise they get dropped. oki, Steffen -- Dieses Schreiben wurde maschinell erstellt, es trägt daher weder Unterschrift noch Siegel.
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