[nycbug-talk] Odd log messages with OpenVPN bridge

[Isaac Levy]

On Feb 3, 2005, at 3:21 PM, Jonathan wrote:

> I keep getting the following messages in my daily security run and 
> clearly they have something to do with network looping but I don't 
> know what causes them or how to look into them further.  I did try but 
> Google turned up nothing at all :P
>
> server.kc8onw.net kernel log messages:
>
> >> -- loop (0) 00.40.05.49.45.12 to rl0 from tap0 (active)
> >> -- loop (1) 00.40.05.49.45.12 to tap0 from rl0 (active)
> >> -- loop (2) 00.40.05.49.45.12 to rl0 from tap0 (active)
> >> -- loop (3) 00.40.05.49.45.12 to tap0 from rl0 (active)
> >> -- loop (4) 00.40.05.49.45.12 to rl0 from tap0 (active)
> >> -- loop (5) 00.40.05.49.45.12 to tap0 from rl0 (active)
> >> -- loop (6) 00.40.05.49.45.12 to rl0 from tap0 (active)
> >> -- loop (7) 00.40.05.49.45.12 to tap0 from rl0 (active)
> >> -- loop (8) 00.40.05.49.45.12 to rl0 from tap0 (active)
> >> -- loop (9) 00.40.05.49.45.12 to tap0 from rl0 (active)
> >> -- loop (10) 00.40.05.49.45.12 to rl0 from tap0 (active)

Woah.  Creepy.  Wish I had a clue on this one- very interesting.

What OS are you running here?  What devices are tap0 and rl0?

Rocket-
.ike