Weird Log Messages

tim (police@police.tas.gov.au)
Tue, 17 Feb 1998 16:34:40 +0000 (GMT)


Can someone please clarify for me what these messages mean?

I have got them on a 2.1.86 kernel, that has a current uptime of 5 days.

Feb 17 16:10:55 busconductor kernel: icmp packet outside the tcp window:
s:1 2862659631,2862659632,2862659632
Feb 17 16:12:10 busconductor kernel: icmp packet outside the tcp window:
s:1 2862659631,2862659632,2862659632
Feb 17 16:13:25 busconductor kernel: icmp packet outside the tcp window:
s:1 2862659631,2862659632,2862659632
Feb 17 16:14:40 busconductor kernel: icmp packet outside the tcp window:
s:1 2862659631,2862659632,2862659632
Feb 17 16:15:55 busconductor kernel: icmp packet outside the tcp window:
s:1 2862659631,2862659632,2862659632
Feb 17 16:17:10 busconductor kernel: icmp packet outside the tcp window:
s:1 2862659631,2862659632,2862659632
Feb 17 16:17:19 busconductor in.telnetd[7431]: connect from x.x.x.x
Feb 17 16:17:31 busconductor login[7432]: `tim' logged in on `ttyp4' from
`x.x.x.x'
Feb 17 16:18:25 busconductor kernel: icmp packet outside the tcp window:
s:1 2862659631,2862659632,2862659632
Feb 17 16:19:40 busconductor kernel: icmp packet outside the tcp window:
s:1 2862659631,2862659632,2862659632
Feb 17 16:20:55 busconductor kernel: icmp packet outside the tcp window:
s:1 2862659631,2862659632,2862659632

Some type of attack? I doubt it though.

Thanks,

Tim

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