Re: Frustration (cablemodem woes)
Cam Ellison, 2001-Nov-12 16:37 -0800:
> <snip>
> > > Nov 12 10:51:47 white kernel: Packet log: input DENY eth0 PROTO=17
> > > 24.8.30.89:13
> > > 7 24.8.30.255:137 L=96 S=0x00 I=148 F=0x0000 T=64 (#7)
> >
> > Looks like you firewall is denying and logging packets it's
> > recieving for the qotd protocol...qotd 17/tcp "Quote of the Day".
> > I don't know of an exploit that this might indicate, but it
> > doesn't have an effect on the problem at hand.
> >
> I may be reading the output wrong, but I think that says that the protocol is #17 (tcp?), and the port is 13, which is for the Daytime protocol (RFC 867). Maybe he needs to look at his firewall? Can you be certain that his ISP isn't using this? Sounds odd, but it seems strange that he gets good downloads with Windows and not with Linux.
>
> Cam
DOE! Thanks Cam, you're right.
--
Jeff Coppock Systems Engineer
Diggin' Debian Admin and User
Reply to: