address sends invalid ICMP error to a broadcast . . . ?

[Jerry Feldman]

Looks like whoever is 24.147.237.100 is sending a ping to a broadcast 
address, such as ping 24.147.237.255. This is one way to discover all 
the hosts on a subnet. 

On 6 Mar 00, at 12:31, John G. Norman wrote:

> I'm getting the following error on my linux box (debian, potato) connected 
> to MediaOne:
> 
> 	24.147.237.100 sent an invalid ICMP error to a broadcast.
> 
> Where are these coming from? They happen with two addresses about every 
> five minutes.
Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
Associate Director
Boston Linux and Unix user group
http://www.blu.org
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