On Wed, 2004-03-17 at 16:10, Tim Evans wrote: [snipped] > What do these kind of log message mean? Note there are two PROTO fields: > > Mar 8 08:19:43 kernel: IPT OUT_ICMP: IN= OUT=eth1 SRC=x.x.x.xDST=x.x.x. > .x LEN=76 TOS=0x00 PREC=0xC0 TTL=64 ID=54844 PROTO=ICMP TYPE=11 CODE=0 > [SRC=x.x.x.x DST=x.x.x.x LEN=48 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=1 ID=0 DF PROTO=TCP > SPT=110 DPT=4312 WINDOW=5840 RES=0x00 ACK SYN URGP=0 ] this is an ICMP packet sent in response to the TCP packet which is detailed inside []