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What could this icmp mean?
From: "Tomas" <s.tomas () gmail com>
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 15:11:27 +0200
Hello list, We have networks (10.30.0.0/24 and 10.30.1.0/24) connected trough VPN and one internet line. The gateways for VPN are 10.30.0.1 from one side and 10.30.1.1 from the other, and 10.30.1.254 for internet (for both networks). I've launched tcpdump today on my internet firewall's internal interface (10.30.1.254) and I found this: 10.30.1.254 > 10.30.1.16: icmp: redirect 10.30.0.4 to host 10.30.1.1 for 10.30.1.16.445 > 10.30.0.4.1959: [|tcp] (DF) (ttl 127, id 7691, bad cksum c76d! differs by 100) (ttl 255, id 23807) I'm a bit confused, what could this icmp mean? First of all, I'm sure that neither of these hosts (10.30.1.254, 10.30.1.16, 10.30.0.4) are sending any icmp requests (I'm not sure about 10.30.1.1; it's not in my control). And the second of all, why the checksum is bad?
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- What could this icmp mean? Tomas (Feb 24)
- RE: What could this icmp mean? David Gillett (Feb 24)