Re: Weird Ping requests

[bejtlich () TEXAS NET (Richard Bejtlich)]

Erick,

This may be the result of someone trying a Smurf-type attack
upon your machine.  I resolved your IP and saw it was an
Earthlink dial-up.  Did you take any actions which might
cause someone to Smurf you?  Typically we see this with IRC
warfare or against high profile web servers, etc.

Richard

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    Looked at my AtGuard log last night, and something weird
showed up there. 
    Started with;
 4/15/00 19:36:46.383 NDIS Filter Rule "Default Inbound
ICMP" permitted (206.204.217.22,0).  Details:
Inbound ICMP request 
Local address is (209.178.128.182)
Remote address is (206.204.217.22)
Message type is "Echo Reply"
    
Erick Brockway