On Fri, 04 Jun 2004 19:50:10 +0200, Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Matthijs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Jun 4 07:30:54 MyMail kernel: UDP: short packet: 24.5.180.234:10030 > > 2167/119 to 192.168.1.2:10768 > > > > I'm not really interested in what these packets are for (I guess some > > kind of worm/DoS related packets), but I'm more interested in the > > source of the packets: 24.5.180.234 is *outside* my network. > > So? Some applications use UDP instead of TCP, what's the problem with > that? I've got no problem at all with packets using UDP or TCP - my problem was that they seem to originate from *outside* my network, while I thought my system was shielded with a hardware firewall. According to a post from Bojan Baros, I thought wrong here: it's likely (haven't tested it yet) that my firewall doesn't protect me from UDP-packets. -- Matthijs [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
