[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello, Open_SuSErs > > Could someone please enlighten me, as to the meaning of :- > ................... > > Feb 6 14:38:46 AIG kernel: SFW2-IN-ILL-TARGET This is an input packet blocked because of an illegal target (as defined by your config) > IN=vmnet8 It came in on your vmware net interface. > OUT= > MAC=ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:00:0c:29:6c:3d:e4:08:00 the from MAC address was all ones, yours was 0c:29:6c:3d:e4:08 Ethernet > SRC=0.0.0.0 > src IP of the packet > DST=255.255.255.255 destination IP address (i.e. broadcast) > LEN=337 length > TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 not sure > TTL=128 time to live > ID=1 PROTO=UDP > important, the protocol was a udp packet > SPT=68 source port > DPT=67 destination port > LEN=317 > > Summary, this was a broadcast packet from the DHCP server on your network to your machine, which you are blocking. There is a config option to allow broadcasts and not to log them. HTH.
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