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Old 18-01-2005, 18:21   #10
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Re: DoS attacks

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Originally Posted by rdhw
In my opinion, this is not a DoS attack at all. Whatever you are getting this message from is misdiagnosing the situation. In the NTL network where you are, the .254 addresses belong to the NTL head end (the CMTS, or UBR), and these attempts are legitimate network traffic (maybe ARPs, maybe DHCP replies). I would suspect your firewall (or whatever) rather than suspect NTL. If you configure your firewall to permit all access from 10.132.79.254, then these messages will go away.
Thanks for the information rdhw, I will continue to pester NTL for answer as to why I have had no service since 24th Dec.

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