Aug 27 20:06:14 noname kernel: Packet log: input ACCEPT eth0 PROTO=1 24.8.72.245:8 xxx.yyy.zzz.www:0 L=36 S=0x00 I=56281 F=0x0000 T=118 (#6)

Is this a hole in the firewall setup? I do not have the experience to know.

Thank you Russell

Most likely this was just a normal ping. Alook at /etc/protocols will show you that proto=1 is icmp.