[luau] Help deciphering portscan entries in /var/log/messages

Eric Hattemer hattenator at imapmail.org
Thu Dec 12 12:04:00 PST 2002


ethereal is really good at filtering tcpdump.  Try that if you decide to
look into the matter.

-Eric Hattemer

On Thu, 2002-12-12 at 11:05, Vince Hoang wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 11, 2002 at 10:44:30PM -1000, Ben Beeson wrote:
> > I'm curious why the log shows two IP addresses that aren't
> > mine. Is that because snort is seeing the traffic pass my
> > external interface, or is something else up?
> 
> Your external interface is probably sharing the same collision or
> broadcast domain. If listen with tcpdump and filter out your IP,
> you will probably see more foreign packets.
> 
> -Vince
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