[Mageia-dev] Decoding iptables message

Wed Jul 4 13:07:08 CEST 2012

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+Could someone please tell me what to look for, and where, to solve
+this puzzle?
+
+- --------------------- iptables firewall Begin ------------------------
+
+
+ Listed by source hosts:
+ Dropped 9 packets on interface eth0
+   From 192.168.0.40 - 9 packets to tcp(38575)
+
+ ---------------------- iptables firewall End -------------------------
+
+The machine in question is my mail/file/print server, running a
+secondary firewall inside the NAT router.  Port 38575 appears to be
+unassigned, and I've only seen such messages for the last couple of days.
+
+I'm pretty sure that the server hasn't been _directly_ used, i.e. with
+login to actual physical box, during that time, so the likelihood
+seems to be some service other systems on the LAN are calling for
+something.
+
+Any ideas about how to go about tracing this?  I can't find it in any
+of the logs on the server.  I'm working on the logs on the laptops.
+
+Anne
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