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Broadcasts In Kernel Logs

iealtd webmaster
Hi all.

I've recently set-up Astaro 3.208 on a machine and have set up two filter rules to DROP all broadcast packetss. The rules are

Any Any {LAN_Broadcast} DROP
Any Any {broadcast} DROP

with {LAN_Broadcast} defined as 172.16.40.255/255.255.255.255 and
with {broadcast} defined as 255.255.255.255/255.255.255.255

The packets are being drop but they are still appearing in the Kernel and Packet Filter log files. This is causing problems with regards the sheer number of packets. 

Can anyone help ??


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    iealtd webmaster,

    did you move those entries on top of your ruleset?

    read you
    o|iver
  • 0 in reply to oliver.desch
    I had put the rules at the top of the list.

    However, it does all seem to be fine now. It appears that a reboot of the machine was required to stop the looging. The rules did block the traffic before the reboot, but no the logging.

    After the machine was rebooted, the log entries went as well.

    And I thought Linux didn't need to be rebooted   [:)]  

    Didn't borrow any code from Microsoft did you ????  [;)]  

    Thanks anyway
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  • 0 in reply to oliver.desch
    I had put the rules at the top of the list.

    However, it does all seem to be fine now. It appears that a reboot of the machine was required to stop the looging. The rules did block the traffic before the reboot, but no the logging.

    After the machine was rebooted, the log entries went as well.

    And I thought Linux didn't need to be rebooted   [:)]  

    Didn't borrow any code from Microsoft did you ????  [;)]  

    Thanks anyway
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