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Originally Posted by taz2k2
can someone tell me what this means when i ckecked on my pc sygate Personal firewall today it was flashing red with the following message
Unsolicited incoming ARP reply detected, this is a kind of MAC spoofing that may consequently do harm to your computer.
Packet data is shown in the right window.
0000: 00 50 FC A0 08 66 00 0A : 42 68 70 A8 08 06 00 01 | .P...f..Bhp.....
0010: 08 00 06 04 00 02 00 0A : 42 68 70 A8 51 67 F3 FE | ........Bhp.Qg..
0020: 00 50 FC A0 08 66 51 67 : F3 76 20 20 20 20 20 20 | .P...fQg.v
0030: 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 : 20 20 20 20 |
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Having decoded it - it basically means sygate lied to you.
That is a genuine ARP reply packet directed at your IP address telling you the MAC address for your local default gateway.
