Re: my isp is being told *i* am broadcasting spam?
will trillich wrote:
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> when i first set up ipCop (ipcop.org) i got about 18mb of
> logfile in one afternoon from the default firewall logging rules
> (via ipchains on potato):
>
> Apr 2 12:18:41 troll kernel: Packet log: input - eth1 PROTO=89 63.64.14.221:65535 224.0.0.5:65535 L=64 S=0x00 I=21723 F=0x0000 T=1 (#8)
> Apr 2 12:18:41 troll kernel: Packet log: input - eth1 PROTO=89 63.110.253.177:65535 224.0.0.5:65535 L=64 S=0x00 I=21731 F=0x0000 T= 1 (#8)
> Apr 2 12:18:41 troll kernel: Packet log: input - eth1 PROTO=89 63.121.237.41:65535 224.0.0.5:65535 L=64 S=0x00 I=21743 F=0x0000 T=1 (#8)
> Apr 2 12:18:41 troll kernel: Packet log: input - eth1 PROTO=89 65.195.103.241:65535 224.0.0.5:65535 L=64 S=0x00 I=21747 F=0x0000 T= 1 (#8)
> Apr 2 12:18:41 troll kernel: Packet log: input - eth1 PROTO=89 65.195.98.249:65535 224.0.0.5:65535 L=64 S=0x00 I=21753 F=0x0000 T=1 (#8)
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> hundreds upon thousands of those, from the moment the firewall
> (ipcop v0.1.1) came up. to keep from sucking up all available
> space, i deleted the final (reject-and-log) rule of the incoming
> ruleset...
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Look here:
<http://www.iana.org/assignments/protocol-numbers>
Notice, protocol 89:
``89 OSPFIGP OSPFIGP [RFC1583,JTM4]''
This is router jabber and, although it is impinging on your bandwidth,
is otherwise harmless and safe to be ignored.
This in no way comments on anything else you are experiencing . . .
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