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Re: strange network info in the logs



On Tue, Mar 07, 2006 at 03:21:13PM +0900, Kai Hendry wrote:
> Can someone please explain to me why I have these messages in my log
> files with a new unstable install?
> 
> Mar  7 11:27:03 sam kernel: IN=eth0 OUT= MAC=01:00:5e:00:00:01:00:04:96:15:80:80:08:00 SRC=219.252.91.1 DST=224.0.0.1 LEN=28 TOS=0x00 PREC=0xC0 TTL=1 ID=9332 PROTO=2                                                             
> Mar  7 11:29:08 sam kernel: IN=eth0 OUT= MAC=01:00:5e:00:00:01:00:04:96:15:80:80:08:00 SRC=219.252.91.1 DST=224.0.0.1 LEN=28 TOS=0x00 PREC=0xC0 TTL=1 ID=9592 PROTO=2                                                             
> Mar  7 11:31:13 sam kernel: IN=eth0 OUT= MAC=01:00:5e:00:00:01:00:04:96:15:80:80:08:00 SRC=219.252.91.1 DST=224.0.0.1 LEN=28 TOS=0x00 PREC=0xC0 TTL=1 ID=9838 PROTO=2                                                             


The long MAC address looks like a MAC address from a fire-wire device.

224.0.0.1 is a "multicast address"


But what it actual is?  Somebody else then E.T. phoning home?



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