[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I've noticed this ntpd error messages in my log (Fedora Core 3):
> 
> Nov 17 01:28:14 hostname ntpd[3762]: sendto(213.84.172.33): Invalid
> argument
> 
>>From this post I learned the errors came from a limitation of the
> current implementation of ntpd:
> 
> http://groups.google.com/group/comp.protocols.time.ntp/browse_frm/thread/2f9e1f9195346fe9?page=end&q=ntpd+sendto+invalid&hl=en&;
> 
> and indeed around Nov 17 that time I restarted my network interface
> (ppp0).
> 

Work is underway to fix this.

> 
> But my question is: in these error messages I always saw these 3 IPs
> being reported:
> 
> 61.206.115.3
> 213.84.172.33
> 213.238.47.29
> 
> and a lookup scared me:
> 
> 3.115.206.61.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer
> 61.206.115.3.user.ad.il24.net.
> 
> 33.172.84.213.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer vdben.xs4all.nl.
> 
> 29.47.238.213.in-addr.arpa is an alias for
> 29.tallence.47.238.213.in-addr.arpa.
> 29.tallence.47.238.213.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer
> lokschuppen.zs64.net.
> 
> None of these look like time servers, and some of them even host weird
> websites.
> 
> I looked at my /etc directory and couldn't find these IP mentioned
> anywhere.
> 
> 
> Am I hacked? And how is it related to ntpd?
> 
> Thanks a LOT in advance!
> 

There is no way to answer this without seeing the actual messages. What
is are these addresses related to? What version of ntpd are you running?

Danny
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