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Firewall Packet Drops
26-08-2015 11:05 AM
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For the last week now my router has been logging firewall packet drops can anyone tell me if I should be worried? They were all the same until today I noticed Firewall packet drops from I presume an ip address to my ip address Protocol ICMP, Message type 8 or type 3?
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Re: Firewall Packet Drops
26-08-2015 12:01 PM
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ICMP type 3 is destination host unreachable, basically a response code to indicate that the requested destination cannot be reached either due to a problem or perhaps even a firewall policy.
Could even be as simple as trying to send a packet to a device that's gone offline.
Type 8 Is ICMP echo, basically a Ping (are you there?)
Could even be as simple as trying to send a packet to a device that's gone offline.
Type 8 Is ICMP echo, basically a Ping (are you there?)
Re: Firewall Packet Drops
26-08-2015 1:25 PM
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Thanks dragon2611 for your reply I presume its nothing to be worried about then?
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Re: Firewall Packet Drops
30-08-2015 5:43 PM
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not unless your running a server, although most of them no longer accept icmp requests either
just because your paranoid doesn't mean they aren't out to get you
Re: Firewall Packet Drops
30-08-2015 8:50 PM
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I rebooted the router, not had any of them messages show up in the logs since. Dodgy IP address?
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