This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0015_01BFF364.5099D040 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I have now got a big part of my log file problems taken care of, I hope. = Since I was getting many DENY from just a few common IP I spent time = trying to see what was in common so I could remove so many logs from = these IPs. This is what I found: 1. - There were four common IPs: 200.*.*.*, 24.*.*.*, 169.*.*.*, and = 10.*.*.*. All four of these had one thing in common, the return IP. This = was 255.255.255.255. I thought that the return IP was nothing more than = a mask. So I added a deny line for each IP that look like: ipchains -A input -j DENY -s 200.0.0.0/8 -d 255.255.255.255 - eth1 This has seemed to removed so many entries in my log file. Could this be = a problem later on? 2. - Now that I have been able to "clean up" my log file I have been = able to see the following in the log: Jul 20 18:25:21 localhost kernel: Packet log: input DENY eth1 PROTO=3D17 = 24.1.224.10:121 24.1.231.255:121 L=3D50 S=3D0x00 I=3D46385 F=3D0x0000 = T=3D30 (#39)=20 In this case the source IP and the destination IP seem to be valid. Any = ideas on what I should do? I know that these IPs are on the Cox network = so does this mean that Cox is checking on something or someone on the = Cox network is looking for something? 3. - There are now a couple of IPs that have the return IP of = 255.255.255.255 that I did not notice before. Should I do the same with = each of these IPs or not? Thank You, David Demland ------=_NextPart_000_0015_01BFF364.5099D040 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Jul 20 18:25:21 localhost kernel: Packet log: input DENY eth1 =
PROTO=3D17=20
24.1.224.10:121 24.1.231.255:121 L=3D50 S=3D0x00 I=3D46385 F=3D0x0000 =
T=3D30 (#39)=20
In this case the source IP and the =
destination IP seem=20
to be valid. Any ideas on what I should do? I know that these IPs are on =
the Cox=20
network so does this mean that Cox is checking on something or someone =
on the=20
Cox network is looking for something?
3. - There are now a couple of IPs that have the = return IP=20 of 255.255.255.255 that I did not notice before. Should I do the same = with each=20 of these IPs or not?
Thank You,
David = Demland