Re: [SLUG] debian hacked

["Jean-Francois Dive" <jef@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

yep, cable share the media between the neighbours up to the concentrator.
Check the src mac address is from your card ...
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Kempe" <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Ken Foskey" <foskey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "slug" <slug@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2001 9:27 AM
Subject: Re: [SLUG] debian hacked


> On Sat, 17 Nov 2001 00:02, Ken Foskey wrote:
> > arp who-has 211.28.46.140.optus.net.au  tell 211.28.46.1.optus.net.au
> > then is will pick up a resolution and give a client id instead of an IP.
> > and so on,   repeatedly.
>
> Um I think you will find that thats your neighbourhood arp traffic.
> I think that the arp traffic is shared between neighbourhood cable modems.
> My little brother asked me about this traffic once (he works at bigpond
> cable/adsl). After some analysis we agreed it was broadcast neighbourhood
> traffic on the cable network.
> Nothing to be worried about...
>
>
> Dave
>
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