Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 30 Sep 1997 12:15:55 -0400 (EDT) | From | Nathan Bryant <> | Subject | Re: [2.0.x/2.1.x] Lots of ICMP error msgs |
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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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