On Friday 12 December 2003 08:13, Chris Brenton wrote: > On Thu, 2003-12-11 at 23:11, Ian Hunter wrote: > > Dec 11 22:58:52 lucy kernel: Fwd DMZ->Internet DROP: IN=eth1 OUT=ppp0 > > SRC=192.168.254.242 DST=204.157.6.223 LEN=60 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=63 > > ID=56169 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=80 DPT=56319 WINDOW=32476 RES=0x00 ACK SYN > > URGP=0 > > My "guess" is, you are receiving a SYN packet from 204.157.6.223. This > creates a state table entry with with a 60 second timer. Your system is > taking longer than 60 seconds to respond, so iptables is removing the > state table entry. Your system then responds causing the log entry shown > above. > Hey Chris, Is it normal for the server to send the ACK SYN to a high dport? I wouldn't have expected that. Jeff
