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Re: packets with source ip 0.0.0.0

Subject: Re: packets with source ip 0.0.0.0
From: Vincent Jaussaud
Date: Tue, 03 May 2005 15:22:23 +0200
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.networking
linux.lover2004@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

> hello,
>       I am working on linux and i observe that i am getting some
> 0.0.0.0 packets? I want to know who is sending those packets? Are they
> sent by services running on my Linux box?
>        Which protocols require to send those packets? Does there any
> connection with raw sockets?

Hi,

There is no reason why a process should ever send packet with src IP set to
0.0.0.0

The only thing I can think of, is a broken application. Or some sort of
security tools using a spoofed IP. 

You should tcpdump your interfaces to see where these packets are coming
from, and track them hop by hop, up to the real source.

Good luck.

-- 
Vincent Jaussaud, Kelkoo.com IT Architect
---
Out of the crooked timber of humanity no straight thing can ever be made.
                -- Immanuel Kant


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