Network Errors

Amir Aliabadi amir@aliabadi.com
Tue, 21 Mar 2000 22:32:38 -0700


I have been getting a probe on port 1080 from time to time.
No sniffing with a sniffer.
I'm planning up adding to my ipchain rules.
Could it be (is it likely to be) a physical thing (bad cable/hub/card) or
does something stink around here?


----- Original Message -----
From: Furmanek, Greg <Greg.Furmanek@hit.cendant.com>
To: <plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us>
Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2000 8:52 AM
Subject: RE: Network Errors


> Have you noticed any unusual scans on the portsentry??
> Since you running firewall do you have antispoofing
> enabled??
>
> Do you deny any source 127.0.0.0 on you external interface??
> Have you tried to analyze the traffic with a sniffer??
>
> The Wolf
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Amir Aliabadi [mailto:amir@aliabadi.com]
> Sent: Monday, March 20, 2000 7:33 PM
> To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
> Subject: Re: Network Errors
>
>
> > Are you offering services to the Internet??
> Yes, ye basic www, telnet, ftp, mail
>
> > Are you running a firewall??
> Yes, ipchains
>
> > Are you logging the connections??
> No.
>
> > Do you run Scan sensing software??
> Portsentry
>
> >
> > This looks disturbing when your loopback interface has tcp errors on it.
> That is what i don't understand...
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Amir Aliabadi [mailto:amir@aliabadi.com]
> > Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2000 11:03 AM
> > To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
> > Subject: Network Errors
> >
> >
> > I recently noticed I was having a bunch of errors on my ethernet
> interfaces.
> > Any suggestions on where to start looking?
> >
> > eth0 is an internal network
> > eth1 is plugged into the internet
> > and lo is lo (why would I be getting errors on a loop back is kinda
> > confusing)
> >
> > It seems like I started seeing this when I upgraded to 2.2.13 kernal.  I
> > should probably bump up to the latest....
> >
> > lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
> >           inet addr:127.0.0.1  Bcast:127.255.255.255  Mask:255.0.0.0
> >           UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:3924  Metric:1
> >           RX packets:389518 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
> >           TX packets:0 errors:118988302 dropped:389518 overruns:0
> >
> > eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:10:5B:27:08:62
> >           inet addr:192.168.1.1  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
> >           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
> >           RX packets:1272091 errors:267 dropped:0 overruns:288
> >           TX packets:0 errors:1232085057 dropped:1423974 overruns:0
> >           Interrupt:10 Base address:0x300
> >
> > eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:4F:4A:05:68:16
> >           inet addr:209.141.132.195  Bcast:209.141.132.255
> > Mask:255.255.255.0
> >           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
> >           RX packets:1677197 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
> >           TX packets:42 errors:182048567 dropped:1355452 overruns:62
> >           Interrupt:11 Base address:0x280
> >
> >
> >
> >
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