On Wed, 05 Mar 2008 21:38:52 GMT, Bill Baka wrote:

> Moshe Goldfarb wrote:
>> On Wed, 05 Mar 2008 20:56:40 GMT, Bill Baka wrote:
>>
>>> Chris Mattern wrote:
>>>> Whether or not Linux is a kernel can be slippery, yes. But
>>>> it's not a protocol, period. That's like describing an
>>>> airplane as being a flight plan.
>>>>
>>> I do know that stuff is happening since my router's Internet light
>>> sometimes gets all 'blinky' when I don't have any Internet stuff
>>> running. It almost never gets to my hard drive since I also use a 3Com
>>> server grade card with it's own junk blocking.
>>> I don't keep anything financial on my computer so if anyone is looking
>>> to hijack me, good luck.
>>> Bill Baka
>>
>> So?
>>
>> Assuming you are on broadband, there is traffic on your node.
>> Probably some kid down the road with a Quake server.
>>
>>
>>
>>
> The Internet light blinks all the time, day and night, but I think that
> is just a 'keep alive' ping.
> I was talking about my Ethernet light to my computer where the server
> NIC should block even more junk. If my Ethernet light is busy that
> probably means someone is trying to hack me or maybe just anybody on the
> system that responds. It doesn't get into my computer, AFAIK.
> Bill Baka

So run Ethereal or some other packet sniffer on it and see what's going on.

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