From: /dev/rob0 <rob0@gmx.co.uk>
To: netfilter@lists.netfilter.org
Subject: Re: Ping flood
Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 11:19:31 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200511011119.31267.rob0@gmx.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <43677BFD.3080805@darkstar.nom.za>
On Tuesday 2005-November-01 08:30, Paulo Andre wrote:
> I have the following log:
> Nov 1 09:10:40 guardian ---SA_IN--- IN=eth1 OUT=
> MAC=ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:00:e0:1e:83:d5:19:08:00 SRC=64.34.170.237
Who is this?
$ host 64.34.170.237
237.170.34.64.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer server1.ircnapoli.com.
$ whois $_
Peer 1 Network Inc. PEER1-BLK-08 (NET-64-34-0-0-1)
64.34.0.0 - 64.34.255.255
ServerBeach PEER1-SERVERBEACH-02 (NET-64-34-160-0-1)
64.34.160.0 - 64.34.191.255
...
$ host server1.ircnapoli.com.
server1.ircnapoli.com has address 64.34.170.237
> DST=255.255.255.255 LEN=1072 TOS=00 PREC=0x40 TTL=243 ID=12209 DF
> PROTO=ICMP TYPE=8 CODE=0 ID=0 SEQ=0
That's a broadcast ping.
> I am receiving thousands of these a day, icmp traffic is blocked with
> iptables. But still this traffic is coming up the line. Is my only
How much is a flood? Is it eating all your bandwidth?
> solution to contact the ISP or is there something I can do in
> iptables/linux?
Contact the person in charge of server1.ircnapoli.com. If you're really
under a DoS attack, by all means, call the ISP.
If it's just an annoying log message, adjust your LOG rules so that
these are not logged. You don't need netfilter logging to know when
you're under DoS attack. Your network connection won't work.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-11-01 17:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-11-01 14:30 Ping flood Paulo Andre
2005-11-01 17:08 ` Zoltan Nagy
2005-11-02 21:36 ` R. DuFresne
2005-12-06 21:11 ` Nick Drage
2005-11-01 17:19 ` /dev/rob0 [this message]
2005-12-06 21:34 ` Nick Drage
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