http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=5218
------- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2003-12-09 03:33 ------- Still valid with 9.2rc2, that's from out of space... -- Configure bugmail: http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is. ------- Reminder: ------- assigned_to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] status: UNCONFIRMED creation_date: description: At installing Mandrake 9.2rc1, I chose SECURE_LEVEL=2 ("�lev�e") which appears in my /etc/sysconfig/msec. Unfortunately, the file has changed compared to Mandrake 9.1 There was : net.ipv4.conf.all.rp_filter=0 net.ipv4.conf.all.log_martians=0 Now there is : net.ipv4.conf.all.rp_filter=1 net.ipv4.conf.all.log_martians=1 I don't care for rp_filter for the moment (I've read a doc explaining it there http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue77/lechnyr.html ) but log_martians has a nasty side effect on the eagle-usb driver for my Sagem Fast800 to access my ISP freeadsl : it pollutes my /var/log/messages with many lines Sep 2 23:03:54 BenAthlux kernel: martian source 82.65.237.156 from 127.0.0.1, on dev ppp0 Sep 2 23:03:54 BenAthlux kernel: ll header: 45:00:00:28:0b:ea:00:00 Those lines are meaningless (coming from loopback, from no identified mac address as it keeps changing) and may frighten the noobie (and me BTW). >From 9 posts out of 10 on the subject that I googled, people ended turning off this feature from out of space (like Z series: funny when you know what to expect, boring otherwise... ever seen Ed Wood's ?) That's confusing to put it there as it keeps reappearing after each reboot (the only hint to turn it off I found was echo 0 >/proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/all/log_martians which is clearly not suficient... Not that many noobies are going to become network experts, this message is only understandable with a strong explanation. BTW if you've have any idea how those packets can be produced... well... tell the developper, it will help ! (that's for package adiusbadsl) well that is with initscripts-7.06-19mdk but may still exist with 7.06-20mdk ? Please ensure that it will not reappear in rc3 and release. keep net.ipv4.conf.all.log_martians=0 thanks.
