Why do I see "martian source" logs in the messages file ?
Issue
- Why do I see
martian sourcein the/var/log/messagesfile? - Why does the kernel log
martian sourcemessages?
kernel: martian source 192.168.0.1 from 192.168.0.255, on dev eth0
kernel: ll header: ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:00:12:34:00:ab:cd:08:00
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) all versions
- IPv4 networking
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