Try this line: echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/all/log_martians
The firewall you were running obviously put a 1 in there... removing it should solve your probs... hope that helps.. rgds Frank -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Raffaele Belardi Sent: Monday, 18 November 2002 10:33 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] martian source on syslog Thanks, but I am already behing a company firewall. I only want to stop the kernel from logging the "martian source" message to prevent the syslog from filling up with useless messages. Can that be done? thanks, raffaele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I suggest you install and use gShield .. > > It has settings for martians, portforwarding, blacklists tcp cookies and a > ton of other stuff.. > > all from one smallish human edited config file thats easy to read and > understand. > > give it a go.. > > If Mandrake just used gShield, and created a small mcc app to make the > config file editing a GUI issue, all the compliants on their firewall would > stop... > > I used to use pmfirewall for ipchains, but since I started using gShield on > iptables I've never looked back.. > > rgds > > Frank > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Raffaele Belardi > Sent: Monday, 18 November 2002 9:57 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [newbie] martian source on syslog > > > kernel: martian source 0.255.255.255 from 0.0.0.0, on dev eth0 > kernel: ll header: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx > > How do I get rid of these messages? At a rate of about 1 every 5 seconds > they're filling up my syslog! > > I'm running MDK8.2, msec level 3, had shorewall installed for a brief > period, now I uninstalled it. The messages started to appear after > shorewall installation, but did not vanish after shorewall disinstallation. > > Any hints? > > thanks, > > raffaele > > >
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