Re: Unexpected IGMP network traffic

2003-02-27 Thread Cliff Kent
Hi Jay, I've just forwarded my tcpdump file to Ralf and await his interpretation. Thanks for posting your dump. I don't really know what to look for in my dump file. But, your file shows what I expected to find, but didn't. That is, I don't have anything like: ... kris.jaycrews.com > ... I di

Re: Unexpected IGMP network traffic

2003-02-26 Thread Jay Crews
Ralf Spenneberg writes > > Am Mit, 2003-02-26 um 22.18 schrieb Cliff Kent: > > Oops... One More Time... > > > Hi Cliff, > > > I ran "tcpdump -X proto 2" as root for about 2 minutes today and > > produced a 76 Kb text file. (The same command on a RH8 box here produced > > nothing in and hou

Re: Unexpected IGMP network traffic

2003-02-26 Thread Ralf Spenneberg
Am Mit, 2003-02-26 um 22.18 schrieb Cliff Kent: > Oops... One More Time... > Hi Cliff, > I ran "tcpdump -X proto 2" as root for about 2 minutes today and > produced a 76 Kb text file. (The same command on a RH8 box here produced > nothing in and hour.) > > 13:56:52.679075 ny-auburn2c-319.abur

Re: Unexpected IGMP network traffic

2003-02-26 Thread Cliff Kent
Oops... One More Time... Ralf, I reviewed the setup on the Linksys and it looks like it's still right. I ran "tcpdump -X proto 2" as root for about 2 minutes today and produced a 76 Kb text file. (The same command on a RH8 box here produced nothing in and hour.) I'm sure that the list doesn't

Re: Unexpected IGMP network traffic

2003-02-26 Thread Cliff Kent
Ralf, I reviewed the setup on the Linksys and it looks like it's still right. I ran "tcpdump -X proto 2" as root for about 2 minutes today and produced a 76 Kb text file. (The same command on a RH8 box here produced nothing in and hour.) I'm sure that the list doesn't need the full text of the

Re: Unexpected IGMP network traffic

2003-02-26 Thread Cliff Kent
>> for launching an insider denial of service attack << Wow, there's a nasty concept. Especially in this case. The only insiders are Red Hat and me. Still, it's worth a look. This is a two month old "fresh install" on new hardware. It has all of the patches up through the end of January. And I

Re: Unexpected IGMP network traffic

2003-02-26 Thread Cliff Kent
>> One IGMP packet every 2 minutes. << I have more like one packet every 2 seconds. Not enough to bother the normal operation. Maybe as much as 500 bits per second. (I think) >> I just drop them and haven't had any problems. << I'll recheck the Linksys router config. But, I THINK I'm already b

Re: Unexpected IGMP network traffic

2003-02-26 Thread Cliff Kent
>> look at the count of packets using the package "iptraf". << Thanks, I will. Cliff -- Psyche-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list

Re: Unexpected IGMP network traffic

2003-02-26 Thread Cliff Kent
>> Does your client use a fixed or a dynamic IP? << Internet connection is Adelphia cable modem. Dynamic IP via DHCP - though the actual IP address hasn't changed in a year. Cable modem connects to the private network through a Linksys cable/DSL router that SHOULD be blocking all such unrequest

Re: Unexpected IGMP network traffic

2003-02-25 Thread Marek
Yes looks like it can effect Linux. I don't know if this is related to your problrem. The IGMP report suppression mechanism can be exploited for launching an insider denial of service attack against a host connected to a Multicast group. Instead of sending a IGMP membership report to the Multic

Re: Unexpected IGMP network traffic

2003-02-25 Thread Michael Fratoni
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 25 February 2003 08:07 pm, Jack Bowling wrote: > Are you absolutely sure that the packets are coming from your box? Many > cable ISPs use IGMP packets as a sort of "keep-alive, are you there?" > to monitor the status of their network. They

Re: Unexpected IGMP network traffic

2003-02-25 Thread Jack Bowling
On Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 11:24:03PM +0100, Stefan Neufeind wrote: > Does your box generate the IGMP or are you only receiving the > packets? You might want to have a look at the count of packets using > the package "iptraf". > > On 25 Feb 2003 at 15:13, Cliff Kent wrote: > > > I recently set up

Re: Unexpected IGMP network traffic

2003-02-25 Thread Ralf Spenneberg
Am Die, 2003-02-25 um 23.14 schrieb Cliff Kent: > Thanks Ralf, > >> Maybe it is just the receiver? << > > Perhaps, but I've never built a linux IGMP "receiver" before either. You do not have to build one. Maybe the provider just forwards these packets to your client and you are the first to notic

Re: Unexpected IGMP network traffic

2003-02-25 Thread Stefan Neufeind
Does your box generate the IGMP or are you only receiving the packets? You might want to have a look at the count of packets using the package "iptraf". On 25 Feb 2003 at 15:13, Cliff Kent wrote: > I recently set up a RH 8.0 "home network" server. It's very much like > several others that I've

Re: Unexpected IGMP network traffic

2003-02-25 Thread Cliff Kent
Thanks Ralf, >> Are you sure that this traffic is generated by the linux box? << No, I'm not sure of much at this point. Now that you mention it... I think I'll go back and clear the router config and do it over. That router's been in place for a year or two. >> Maybe it is just the receiver?

Re: Unexpected IGMP network traffic

2003-02-25 Thread Ralf Spenneberg
Am Die, 2003-02-25 um 21.13 schrieb Cliff Kent: > > Seems like I've seen this traffic from windows. But, never from linux > before. Are you sure that this traffic is generated by the linux box? Maybe it is just the receiver? Can you post a tcpdump -X proto 2 Cheers, Ralf > > Does anybody know