On Tuesday 17 Jun 2003 11:52 pm, Vox wrote: > Actually, that's only part of the whole thing :) A martian packet > is one that comes from a network that shouldn't be sending packets > to that interface. If you get a packet from 192.168.1.54 on your > public (ie. internet) interface, it'll get marked as martian > because a packet from a private interface shouldn't come to the > public interface. Same happens with improper headers without > identifying source...they get marked as martians because the > interface can't confirm it comes from a valid source. > Thanks, Vox. It all helps the understanding <g>
Anne
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