Re: Why would the root servers be pinging me?

[droesen () ENTIRE-SYSTEMS COM (Daniel Roesen)]

> I was just wondering if anyone out there knows why root-server are trying to
> ping some of my hosts...

These are for sure not the root servers which are pinging you. This is most
likely an attacker forging the packet source address so that your ICMP replies
get sent to the root servers.

This is an attack against the root servers which makes YOU look like being the
attacker to the root servers.

Best regards,
Daniel