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* conntrack_ftp: partial 227
@ 2005-05-17  8:27 Mohamed Eldesoky
  2005-05-17 11:48 ` Pablo Neira
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From: Mohamed Eldesoky @ 2005-05-17  8:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
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kernel: conntrack_ftp: partial 227  1874320463+13

What does this line mean in the /var/log/messages ???

-- 
Mohamed Eldesoky
www.eldesoky.net
RHCE


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* Re: conntrack_ftp: partial 227
  2005-05-17  8:27 conntrack_ftp: partial 227 Mohamed Eldesoky
@ 2005-05-17 11:48 ` Pablo Neira
  2005-05-17 12:41   ` Mohamed Eldesoky
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Pablo Neira @ 2005-05-17 11:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Mohamed Eldesoky; +Cc: netfilter

Mohamed Eldesoky wrote:
> kernel: conntrack_ftp: partial 227  1874320463+13
> 
> What does this line mean in the /var/log/messages ???

The FTP conntrack helper has found a partial matching when parsing a 
request to start a connection in passive mode (ie. needs missing 
information to track that connection, malformed packets, ...). In that 
case such packet is silently drop.

--
Pablo


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* Re: conntrack_ftp: partial 227
  2005-05-17 11:48 ` Pablo Neira
@ 2005-05-17 12:41   ` Mohamed Eldesoky
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Mohamed Eldesoky @ 2005-05-17 12:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Pablo Neira; +Cc: netfilter

On 5/17/05, Pablo Neira <pablo@eurodev.net> wrote:
> Mohamed Eldesoky wrote:
> > kernel: conntrack_ftp: partial 227  1874320463+13
> > 
> > What does this line mean in the /var/log/messages ???
> 
> The FTP conntrack helper has found a partial matching when parsing a 
> request to start a connection in passive mode (ie. needs missing 

More clarification please ??

> information to track that connection, malformed packets, ...). In that 
> case such packet is silently drop.
> 
> --
> Pablo
> 
> 


-- 
Mohamed Eldesoky
www.eldesoky.net
RHCE


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