Re: [LUG] land attack

[Simon Waters <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

tom wrote:
> I'm getting this in my router log:
> -----------------------------------------------------
> 12.11.2010 12:21:01 **LAND** 213.246.85.17, 40660->> 213.246.85.17, 80 
> (from ATM1 Inbound)
> 12.11.2010 12:20:36 **LAND** 213.246.85.17, 40660->> 213.246.85.17, 80 
> (from ATM1 Inbound)
> 12.11.2010 12:20:24 **LAND** 213.246.85.17, 40660->> 213.246.85.17, 80 
> (from ATM1 Inbound)
> 12.11.2010 12:20:18 **LAND** 213.246.85.17, 40660->> 213.246.85.17, 80 
> (from ATM1 Inbound)
> ----------------------------------------------------
> My ISP has helpfully advised re-booting my router to make it go away. I 
> was very surprised to discover that didnt work.
> What can I do here to get them to actually do something about it.

Is it causing a problem? I assume if it was detected then the router is 
logging and ignoring.

Otherwise I'd check if I'd done something that causes the problem, and 
if not get them to escalate it to their routing people. Since suggests 
they aren't following best practice somewhere.

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