From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ray Leach Subject: Strange entries in /var/log/messages Date: Mon, 01 Mar 2004 14:26:59 +0200 Sender: netfilter-admin@lists.netfilter.org Message-ID: <1078144018.13370.20.camel@raylinux.internal> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-Pj4rAYWFVHtllTchcapo" Return-path: Errors-To: netfilter-admin@lists.netfilter.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: To: Netfilter Mailing List --=-Pj4rAYWFVHtllTchcapo Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi All Can anyone explain why a machine on 10.0.0.10/24 would try and communicate with another machine 10.0.0.4/24 via a router? Mar 1 14:19:37 firefly kernel: DROP FORWARD INTERNAL: IN=3Deth2 OUT=3Deth2 SRC=3D10.0.0.10 DST=3D10.0.0.4 LEN=3D48 TOS=3D0x00 PREC=3D0x00 TTL=3D127 ID= =3D17562 DF PROTO=3DTCP SPT=3D4601 DPT=3D159 WINDOW=3D64240 RES=3D0x00 SYN URGP=3D0 Mar 1 14:19:37 firefly kernel: DROP FORWARD INTERNAL: IN=3Deth2 OUT=3Deth2 SRC=3D10.0.0.10 DST=3D10.0.0.4 LEN=3D48 TOS=3D0x00 PREC=3D0x00 TTL=3D127 ID= =3D17563 DF PROTO=3DTCP SPT=3D4602 DPT=3D158 WINDOW=3D64240 RES=3D0x00 SYN URGP=3D0 Mar 1 14:19:40 firefly kernel: DROP FORWARD INTERNAL: IN=3Deth2 OUT=3Deth2 SRC=3D10.0.0.10 DST=3D10.0.0.4 LEN=3D48 TOS=3D0x00 PREC=3D0x00 TTL=3D127 ID= =3D17593 DF PROTO=3DTCP SPT=3D4601 DPT=3D159 WINDOW=3D64240 RES=3D0x00 SYN URGP=3D0 What is this? Port 158 and 159 apparently belong to BackupExec/NetBackup. 10.0.0.10 is our backup server, but why does it try and talk to 10.0.0.4 via the default router? --=20 -- Raymond Leach Network Support Specialist http://www.knowledgefactory.co.za "lynx -source http://www.rchq.co.za/raymondl.asc | gpg --import" Key fingerprint =3D 7209 A695 9EE0 E971 A9AD 00EE 8757 EE47 F06F FB28 -- --=-Pj4rAYWFVHtllTchcapo Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBAQywSh1fuR/Bv+ygRAiE9AJ9U6ibpjPvYPfuIqNvsJjzMaj/URwCcDnj0 N8qDEp/B7ZHgdjDVzwYdrUg= =Mjtj -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-Pj4rAYWFVHtllTchcapo--