hi all:
in my logwatch logs each day i am seeing hundreds and sometimes thousands of tcp packets being dropped on many of the (local) ip-based sites i am running on the server (centos 5 + interworx panel 3.0.3). the entries look like:
Dropped 2432 packets on interface eth1
From 24.213.78.182 - 1 packet to udp(1026)
From 58.10.68.163 - 2 packets to tcp(4899)
From 58.241.178.213 - 8 packets to tcp(2967)
From 58.246.73.74 - 4 packets to tcp(10000)
From 58.253.235.40 - 2 packets to tcp(10000)
From 62.87.178.204 - 2 packets to tcp(8080)
From 12.34.56.78 - 1712 packets to tcp(30,134,140,390,525,526,652,781,798,908,1030,1034,1035,1043,1046,1070,1089,1104,1106,1107,1109,1115,1119,1121,1138,1140,1151,1155,1159,1168,1172,1175,1177,1179,1180,1193,1196,1197,1200,1210,1212,1218,1232,1236,1238,1240,1241,1243,1248,1266,1271,1276,1279,1281,1299,1311,1313,1316,1325,1343,1360,1376,1392,1393,1394,1407,1423,1468,1504,1506,1509,1510,1511,1513,1514,1563,1573,1627,1634,1645,1651,1655,1667,1671,1678,1683,1728,1729,1730,1732,1733,1739,1742,1744,1748,1753,1754,1755,1756,1765,1767,1770,1771,1773,1775,1776,1778,1786,1788,1793,1794,1797,1798,1799,1806,1813,1829,1831,1837,1842,1849,1883,1885,1887,1890,1899,1934,1935,2007,2008,2014,2037,2038,2039,2040,2043,2088,2093,2102,2108,2110,2111,2125,2130,2147,2155,2162,2165,2175,2177,2182,2186,2188,2189,2217,2220,2225,2234,2288,2318,2344,2357,2359,2371,2404,2420,2434,2461,2464,2534,2535,2537,2562,2578,2607,2621,2625,2643,2645,2647,2649,2651,2668,2688,2699,2736,2751,2752,2788,2794,2798,2803,2848,2881,2890,2897,2902,2924,2982,2991,3012,3013,3026,3052,3066,3106,3113,3119,3123,3170,3182,3223,3244,3246,3262,3267,3310,3353,3384,3429,3432,3438,3468,3470,3491,3492,3493,3494,3495,3571,3685,3701,3714,3732,3742,3749,3752,3753,3755,3761,3762,3763,3770,3786,3799,3815,3823,3825,3826,3827,3855,3887,3906,3907,3939,3962,3996,4116,4125,4225,4241,4242,4403,4412,4413,4417,4421,4449,4534,4577,4585,4610,4634,4656,4695,4759,4771,4850,4851,4852,4854,4855,4930,4951,4952,4953,4954,4958,4959,4969,4983,4991,5000,5177,5372,5693,6401,7149,7210,7281,8828,9239,9658,9736,9788,9897,10183,10185,11314,11316,11553,11779,11797,11810,11914,11929,11944,11983,12439,12682,12685,12729,12741,13031,13060,13568,14274,14336,14966,15225,15350,15576,15879,15880,16164,16565,16834,18573,19077,19262,20184,20763,20789,20866,20884,20932,21346,21796,22111,22158,22881,22882,23707,24575,25469,26505,26591,27367,28168,30277,30291,30292,30294,30498,30728,32440,32575,32778,32799,32961,33000,33001,33002,33159,33186,33201,33216,33274,33388,33405,33437,33458,33476,33515,33581,33644,33684,34134,34490,35169,35336,35469,35928,35952,36014,36016,36050,37046,37226,37852,37889,37917,37933,37956,38103,38105,39164,39172,39186,39474,40150,40287,40656,40660,40694,41752,42073,42090,42130,42497,42677,43653,44232,44655,44934,46441,47379,49027,49161,49183,49199,49200,49236,49237,49284,49291,49299,49304,49310,49374,49379,49400,49401,49417,49419,49449,49454,49455,49471,49473,49474,49478,49482,49491,49500,49518,49519,49523,49547,49557,49558,49560,49719,49721,49734,49736,49772,49833,49852,49959,49977,49983,50006,50007,50073,50205,50250,50253,50257,50286,50345,50360,50364,50369,50414,50513,50519,50571,50573,50590,50592,50596,50636,50642,50709,50716,50719,50739,50795,50816,50840,50894,50908,50910,50914,50915,50918,50921,50957,50968,50987,51019,51021,51068,51128,51136,51146,51154,51159,51174,51184,51186,51187,51223,51277,51360,51375,51415,51420,51425,51445,51448,51602,51641,51644,51647,51662,51671,51676,51687,51688,51710,51745,51809,51828,51883,51928,51929,52013,52014,52033,52072,52073,52074,52195,52244,52272,52396,52414,52617,53047,53064,53082,53125,53140,53161,53230,53342,53367,53397,53505,53506,53518,53547,53680,53749,54142,54193,54299,54303,54576,54599,54619,54645,54663,54664,54665,54666,54667,54765,54818,54999,55039,55275,55317,55322,55624,55688,56097,56189,56249,56442,56444,56462,56464,56473,56491,56500,56502,56512,56525,56526,56535,56537,56538,56539,56544,56563,56566,56567,56568,56569,56571,56583,56588,56589,56593,56594,56596,56597,56600,56602,56604,56608,56612,56614,56615,56618,56619,56620,56621,56623,56624,56660,56661,56664,56666,56667,56690,56698,56700,56705,56706,56709,56710,56713,56714,56724,56733,56737,56739,56742,56746,56747,56749,56755,56757,56759,56761,56765,56768,56771,56773,56777,56779,56786,56787,56790,56795,56799,56801,56804,56809,56811,56812,56813,56818,56819,56821,56822,56824,56827,56828,56831,56858,56861,56867,56868,56872,56873,56874,56875,56877,56878,56883,56888,56894,56898,56904,56912,56918,56919,56922,56923,56938,56946,56951,56954,56965,56981,56982,56983,56984,56985,56989,57061,57069,57070,57079,57080,57081,57082,57085,57100,57105,57106,57107,57108,57109,57111,57112,57113,57344,57489,57648,57682,57786,57880,57972,57984,58005,58014,58113,58167,58289,58316,58335,58336,58337,58538,58549,58701,58802,59119,59271,59405,59509,59783,59797,59829,59832,59946,60043,60095,60112,60146,60312,60600,60651,60914,60915,60994,61004,61005,61089,61124,61129,61335,61394,61406,61471,61475,61518,61562,61582,61586,61593,61692,61719,61775,61999,62005,62009,62011,62080,62095,62119,62161,62203,62217,62466,62549,62558,62697,62871,62965,62997,63004,63047,63048,63074,63094,63119,63339,63344,63523,63534,63737,63755,63768,63795,63796,63797,63800,63861,63899,64017,64025,64032,64117,64120,64121,64122,64165,64280,64421,64475,64594,64620,64923,64925,65165,65244,65283)
etc… etc… etc…
anyone have any ideas as to why i am seeing these? should i have a concern about it. 12.34.56.78 above is subst. for a real ip on the box.