Re: Strange kernel messages

2005-05-15 Thread Ed Stover
Colin J. Raven wrote: > Hi all! > I occasionally get these in my daily security run output (which is > worrying in itself) > > Limiting closed port RST response from 1629 to 200 packets per second > > the number of these can range from one or two, to sometimes 25 - 30 > although the latter case i

Re: Strange kernel messages

2005-05-14 Thread Colin J. Raven
On May 14 at 09:19, Daniel Gerzo responded helpfully: Limiting closed port RST response from 1629 to 200 packets per second your kernel is limitting number of icmp ping requests to 200, someone is possibly trying to ping -f you. You can also decrease/increase this limit with net.inet.icmp.icmplim

Re: Strange kernel messages

2005-05-14 Thread Erik Trulsson
On Sat, May 14, 2005 at 09:14:20AM +0200, Colin J. Raven wrote: > Hi all! > I occasionally get these in my daily security run output (which is > worrying in itself) > > Limiting closed port RST response from 1629 to 200 packets per second > > the number of these can range from one or two, to som

Re: Strange kernel messages

2005-05-14 Thread Daniel Gerzo
Hello Colin, Saturday, May 14, 2005, 9:14:20 AM, you thoughtfully wrote the following: > Hi all! > I occasionally get these in my daily security run output (which is > worrying in itself) > Limiting closed port RST response from 1629 to 200 packets per second > the number of these can range fr

Strange kernel messages

2005-05-14 Thread Colin J. Raven
Hi all! I occasionally get these in my daily security run output (which is worrying in itself) Limiting closed port RST response from 1629 to 200 packets per second the number of these can range from one or two, to sometimes 25 - 30 although the latter case is rarer. Usually there's about six or

Re: strange kernel messages..

2004-08-04 Thread Roberto Nunnari
Thank you Simon. Simon Barner wrote: Roberto Nunnari wrote: Hello. Please send replies also to my mailbox, as I'm not on this list. Can anybody tell me what are these messages about? Are them just informational or do I have to worry? Aug 2 18:23:59 web kernel: lock order reversal Aug 2 18:23:59 w

Re: strange kernel messages..

2004-08-04 Thread Simon Barner
Roberto Nunnari wrote: > Hello. > > Please send replies also to my mailbox, as I'm not on this list. > > Can anybody tell me what are these messages about? Are them > just informational or do I have to worry? > > Aug 2 18:23:59 web kernel: lock order reversal > Aug 2 18:23:59 web kernel: 1st 0

strange kernel messages..

2004-08-04 Thread Roberto Nunnari
Hello. Please send replies also to my mailbox, as I'm not on this list. Can anybody tell me what are these messages about? Are them just informational or do I have to worry? Aug 2 18:23:59 web kernel: lock order reversal Aug 2 18:23:59 web kernel: 1st 0xc07066e0 UMA lock (UMA lock) @ /usr/src/sy