On 08/15/2012 07:56 AM, Tom Eastep wrote: >> >> Why in the world would someone keep sending me these, over and over: >> >> [34319.426452] Shorewall:Invalid:DROP:IN=wlan0 OUT= >> MAC=30:14:2d:77:6e:e4:00:24:b2:5a:1d:5c:08:00 SRC=69.171.228.70 >> DST=192.168.1.1 LEN=86 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x20 TTL=242 ID=46354 DF PROTO=TCP >> SPT=80 DPT=56842 WINDOW=0 RES=0x00 ACK RST URGP=0 >> [34472.030639] Shorewall:Invalid:DROP:IN=wlan0 OUT= >> MAC=30:14:2d:77:6e:e4:00:24:b2:5a:1d:5c:08:00 SRC=98.142.98.180 >> DST=192.168.1.1 LEN=1500 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x20 TTL=56 ID=35426 DF PROTO=TCP >> SPT=80 DPT=58076 WINDOW=54 RES=0x00 ACK URGP=0 >> ... and how in the world are these getting through three wifi routers in a >> chain to the destination machine, each with a firewall? > > Do yourself a favor and remove the logging specification from your > DROP(Invalid) rule. Those are probably late-arriving RSTs from > connections which have already been closed. They are nothing to worry about.
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