From: Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@stud.uni-dortmund.de>
To: Linux Kernel List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: What does "NAT: dropping untracked packet" mean?
Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2001 15:17:17 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20010201151717.D5706@emma1.emma.line.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20010201133811.D14768@ipe.uni-stuttgart.de>
In-Reply-To: <20010201133811.D14768@ipe.uni-stuttgart.de>; from nils@ipe.uni-stuttgart.de on Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 13:38:12 +0100
On Thu, 01 Feb 2001, Nils Rennebarth wrote:
> Since enabling (but not yet using) firewalling in the 2.4.1 kernel, my log
> gets clobbered with messages like:
>
> Feb 1 12:58:56 obelix kernel: NAT: 0 dropping untracked packet ce767600 1 129.69.22.21 -> 224.0.0.2
>
> The IP Adresses belong to Windows 98 computers. What does the message mean,
> and what could I do to stop them?
It means that your box drops multicast administrative packets on the
floor.
--
Matthias Andree
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-02-01 14:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-02-01 12:38 Nils Rennebarth
2001-02-01 14:17 ` Matthias Andree [this message]
2001-02-01 23:19 ` dmeyer
2001-02-01 23:45 ` Daniel Pittman
2001-02-01 23:46 ` Magnus Erixzon
2001-02-01 15:09 ` James Stevenson
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