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12. Telnet receive DoS attack -
packets dropped:
This log message is generated whenever TCP packets destined to the
router's Telnet management interface are dropped due to overwhelming
receive data.
13. dropped - reassembly timeout: This log message is generated whenever packets, traversing the router or
destined to the router itself, are dropped because of reassembly timeout.
14. dropped - illegal size: This log message is generated whenever packets, traversing the router or
destined to the router itself, are dropped during reassembly because of ille-
gal packet size in a fragment.
Firewall Log Messages Detail (AT&T Requirement #841)
Reason Enumeration ( C ) Log Text Representation Why the Packet Was Logged
NM_LOGDROP_CAT_DIR DIRECTION Direction (generic)
NM_LOGDROP_CAT_DIR_UP DIRECTION-UP Upstream direction
NM_LOGDROP_CAT_DIR_DOWN DIRECTION-DOWN Downstream direction
NM_LOGDROP_CAT_ETH ETH Ethernet header (generic)
NM_LOGDROP_CAT_ETH_SRC_ADDR ETH-SRC Ethernet source MAC address
NM_LOGDROP_CAT_ETH_DST_ADDR ETH-DST Ethernet destination MAC address
NM_LOGDROP_CAT_ETH_PROT ETH-PROTOCOL Ethernet Protocol
NM_LOGDROP_CAT_ETH_VLAN ETH-VLAN Ethernet VLAN ID (where applica-
ble)
NM_LOGDROP_CAT_IP IP IP header (generic)
NM_LOGDROP_CAT_IP_SRC IP-SRC IP source address
NM_LOGDROP_CAT_IP_DST IP-DST IP destination address
NM_LOGDROP_CAT_IP_PROT IP-PROTOCOL IP Protocol
NM_LOGDROP_CAT_IP_SPOOF IP-SPOOF IP address is spoofed (could not
have been sent by a device legiti-
mately with the address in the
source address field)
NM_LOGDROP_CAT_IP_ILL IP-ILLEGAL IP address is illegal (either src or
dest)
NM_LOGDROP_CAT_TCP TCP TCP header (generic)
NM_LOGDROP_CAT_TCP_SRC_PORT TCP-SRC-PORT TCP source port
NM_LOGDROP_CAT_TCP_DST_PORT TCP-DST-PORT TCP destination port
NM_LOGDROP_CAT_TCP_FLAGS TCP-FLAGS TCP flags field
NM_LOGDROP_CAT_UDP UDP UDP header (generic)
NM_LOGDROP_CAT_UDP_SRC_PORT UDP-SRC-PORT UDP source port
NM_LOGDROP_CAT_UDP_DST_PORT UDP-DST-PORT UDP destination port
NM_LOGDROP_CAT_ICMP ICMP ICMP packet (generic)
NM_LOGDROP_CAT_ICMP_TYPE ICMP-TYPE ICMP Type field
NM_LOGDROP_CAT_ICMP_CODE ICMP-CODE ICMP Code field
NM_LOGDROP_CAT_ICMP6 ICMPv6 ICMPv6 (generic)
Access-Related Log Messages