Re: What does "ICMP to 224.0.0.2" mean?
From: BRG (nnn_at_invalid.jp)
Date: 10/27/04
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Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 21:40:27 GMT
Mozzy <dem_d@mail.com> wrote in
news:958FE34FC12F351A7E@62.253.162.201:
> Soon after booting my system and then re-connecting the cable
> modem lead to the PC (as it had unplugged itself) I got this
> message from my Sygate firewall
>
> "Windows Explorer (explorer.exe) is trying to broadcast an ICMP
> Type 10 (Router Solicitation) packet to [224.0.0.2]. Do you
> want to allow this program to access the network?"
>
> The IP address does not seem to resolve to ayone in particular.
> I get some sort of info about "multicast".
>
> I am a single home PC attached to the Net. Should I allow this
> sort of thing through?
>
I can't answer your question, but it is a great example of why
software firewalls are pretty damned useless.
User doesn't know the right answer and guesses. Its then 50:50 as
whether the user has just ignored a Trojan or inadvertently
disabled a valid software function.
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