Re: Guy asks for address mask

Philip Blundell (pb@nexus.co.uk)
Tue, 03 Nov 1998 14:57:03 +0100

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In message <00ef01be0731$e9a96fa0$32de11cc@mblack.csihq.com>, "Mike Black" writ
es:
>Got a message in my log this morning on two machines:
>kernel: a guy asks for address mask. Who is it?
>
>Is there anything I should check on? No other suspicious activity shows in
>the log.

It's harmless enough. The message means that the kernel saw an ICMP address
mask request and ignored it. Unless it happens often I wouldn't worry.

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