Help reading Error Log (messages)

micxz · 09-27-2003, 03:20 AM

Hi all'

I don't understand what this log entry means? Can any tell me. The "xx.xxx.xx.xxx" is my IP assigned by my ISP dynamicly.

Sep 27 00:44:33 mars kernel: martian source xx.xxx.xx.xxx from 127.0.0.1, on dev ppp0
Sep 27 00:44:33 mars kernel: ll header: 45:08:00:28
Sep 27 00:52:44 mars kernel: martian source xx.xxx.xx.xxx from 127.0.0.1, on dev ppp0
Sep 27 00:52:44 mars kernel: ll header: 45:08:00:28

Thanks;

jayakrishnan · 09-27-2003, 03:51 AM

These are packets that Linux does not expect from the direction they came
from (i.e. packets from internal hosts coming in on the external interface).
The cause is probably a misconfigured machine on your LAN.

jayakrishnan · 09-27-2003, 03:52 AM

http://cert.uni-stuttgart.de/archive.../msg00000.html

i think this will be of help u