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camper
just visiting this planet
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join:2010-03-21
Bethel, CT

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Re: Odd log message

My opinion on the log flooding is that the OS is logging things that it should not be logging.

From the source code of rtadvd on OpenBSD:


        /*
         * RA consistency check according to RFC-2461 6.2.7
         */
        if ((rai = if_indextorainfo(pi->ipi6_ifindex)) == 0) {
                log_info("received RA from %s on non-advertising interface(%s)",
                    inet_ntop(AF_INET6, &from->sin6_addr, ntopbuf,
                        INET6_ADDRSTRLEN),
                    if_indextoname(pi->ipi6_ifindex, ifnamebuf));
                goto done;
        }



If you look at the RFC specified (RFC-2461, ¶ 6.2.7), it appears to me that it is talking about the contents of RA packets, not whether or not those packets appear on an interface. So, imo, the logging of the packets is overly aggressive.

As I mentioned in an earlier message, that piece of code goes back to the original KAME project. The code may have never been touched because, until recently, there not has been a major ISP that is providing dual-stack IPv6 capability.

graysonf
MVM
join:1999-07-16
Fort Lauderdale, FL

graysonf

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Thanks for the info on this. I will pass it onto the m0n0wall developers.

NetDog
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join:2002-03-04
Hollywood, FL

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said by camper:

My opinion on the log flooding is that the OS is logging things that it should not be logging.

If you look at the RFC specified (RFC-2461, ¶ 6.2.7), it appears to me that it is talking about the contents of RA packets, not whether or not those packets appear on an interface. So, imo, the logging of the packets is overly aggressive.

+1, I agree..