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SubjectRe: [2.0.x/2.1.x] Lots of ICMP error msgs
On Tue, 30 Sep 1997, Aaron Tiensivu wrote:

> Does an alarming amount of "ICMP: failed checksum from xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx"
> necessarily tip off an attempted DoS attack? Are these normal? Should I get
> this message a few times, and then other times a lot?
>
> I think some ruthless Quake players are trying to take down the server
> by doing such a thing..
>
> This is on an ethernet connection.. not ppp or anything else.

I, too, have been getting a bunch of these, and I'm also running a Quake
server on an ethernet. I've also been getting a bunch of ICMP redirect
messages, coming from strange places, which certainly shouldn't happen.

Nathan Bryant
nathan@nbryan71.dorm.usm.maine.edu
nbryan71@mail.caps.maine.edu


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