On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 7:53 AM, Aner Perez <[email protected]> wrote:
...
> While monitoring the pflog output, I occasionally see output that looks
like
> this:
>
> Apr 24 09:49:46.420762 rule 150/(match) pass in on fxp1: 107.6.96.0 >
73.243.0.0: at-#0 18
> Apr 24 09:49:46.420851 rule 150/(match) pass in on fxp1: 108.6.96.0 >
73.37.0.0: at-#0 21
...
> What first jumps out at me is the IP addresses which are not part of our
> network.  The second thing that jumps out is the "at-#0 18" notation.  What
> does this mean?  I'm assuming the number at the end is the packet size.
>  What is the "at-#0"?  Has anybody seen traffic like this?  Should I be
> worried?

Those are Appletalk (Ethertalk) packets.  "107.6.96.0" and such are
Appletalk phase II addresses (with DDP protocol) and *not* IP
addresses.  Seems you have old Macs or Apple hardware on your net
still doing the old stuff...


Philip Guenther

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