Re:Curious case of Martian traffic in Linux
by denton-scratch on Tuesday May 09, 2023 @02:29PM
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A martian is a packet that has a source address in a network for which the interface it's arriving on isn't configured. They're not restricted to 0/8; they can have just about any source address.
> The best way to fix this issue is to change Netflow / IPFIX / sFlow agent configuration on device to use another legitimate IP address instead of 0.0.0.0.
Um, yes. 0.0.0.0 looks like a really bad choice of source address.
> The best way to fix this issue is to change Netflow / IPFIX / sFlow agent configuration on device to use another legitimate IP address instead of 0.0.0.0.
Um, yes. 0.0.0.0 looks like a really bad choice of source address.