Well, in the first case the source is bizarre, and suspicious; in the second, the destination is bizarre. I'm not sure what would happen if both source and destination were bizarre: maybe two messages. In any case, these messages are pretty well documented in the kernel source, if I recall correctly.
-Richard > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Michael D. > Schleif > Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 1:44 PM > To: LEAF > Subject: [Leaf-user] which martian is which ??? > > > > What is the difference between these syslog messages? > > martian source b18c85ac for ffffffff, dev eth1 > > martian destination efea0000 from 4901a8c0, dev eth1 > > Other than the obvious difference in word choices, why would > the kernel > express this one way or the other? Which martian condition generates > which message? > > Hopefully, it is clear that I know what is a martian and that > I know how > to decode human readable ip addresses from hex -- rather, my > question is > more technical, why does the kernel use two syntaxes to express what > appears to be the same thing? > > -- > > Best Regards, > > mds > mds resource > 888.250.3987 > > Dare to fix things before they break . . . > > Our capacity for understanding is inversely proportional to > how much we > think we know. The more I know, the more I know I don't know . . . > > _______________________________________________ > Leaf-user mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user > _______________________________________________ Leaf-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user
