Re: ICMP Weirdness (old bug resurfaced?)
Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Tue, 4 May 1999 13:46:00 +0100 (BST)
> I keep getting these messages all the time in my logs whenever I do
> operations like ftp/telnet/browsing/email.
>
> Apr 30 23:36:37 tahallah icmplogd[53]: icmp_dest_unreach (code
> icmp_port_unreach), from localhost
> ..
> lots =)
> ..
>
> What does this means? And what usually is the cause of this problem? Any
> clues or answers would be most helpful.
It means you have something set up wrong so your box is trying to talk to
a service on itself then rejecting the connection.
No bug, maybe pilot error ?
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