On Tue, 2004-01-20 at 12:26, David C. Hart wrote: > What is this telling me? Example: > > Jan 20 09:50:18 mail2 kernel: Firewall: > IN=eth1 (Incoming interface) > OUT= (outgoing interface, in this case the packet was directed to the box) > MAC=00:09:5b:22:29:d1:00:06:25:e4:ed:a3:08:00 (MAC Address) > SRC=141.156.35.166 (Source IP Address) > DST=192.168.0.31 (Destination IP Address) > LEN=48 (Length of the packet in bytes) > TOS=0x00 (Type of service field) > PREC=0x00 (IP Precedence field) > TTL=121 (Time to live field) > ID=56322 (ID of packet) > DF ( dont fragment ) > PROTO=TCP (Protocol) > SPT=3134 (Source Port) > DPT=445 (Destination Port) > SEQ=1244763263 (Sequence Number) > ACK=0 (ACK Flag state) > WINDOW=64170 (Window Size) > RES=0x00 (Reset flag) > SYN (syn flag) > URGP=0 (tcp urgent pointer) > OPT (0204059201010402) (options if any) > > What do I need to read to learn how to understand this? ethernet first, IP then, and tcp then. TCP/IP of Comer could be a good start > > Thanks. > > --------- > Quality Management - A Commitment to Excellence -- Alexis <alexis@xxxxxxxxxxxx>