GLUG Meeting on 13th July, 4pm at KReSIT, IIT Campusm, Powai. ------------------------------------- On Sat, Jun 21, 2003 at 04:31:30PM -0400, Subba Rao wrote: > GLUG Meeting on 13th July, 4pm at KReSIT, IIT Campusm, Powai. > ------------------------------------- > I am using iptables on my system. It is very basic setup that denies all > outside connections. When an outside connection is attempted, the packet is > dropped and logged into the syslog. When I run tcpdump on the same interface, > I do see a lot of ARP requests and bootps/bootpc (UDP) requests. Why are these > attempts not logged into syslog? > > Is it because ARP requests are a lower level protocol? Yes
> > Another question is, when a legitimate packet is allowed and climbing the > TCP/IP stack, who (iptables or tcpdump) gets to see the packet first? tcpdump > > -- > Subba Rao > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Old American Wild West saying: God created men but Colt made them equal. > Today: Linus created Linux and Linux made IT companies equal. > > -- > http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
