I find it hard to believe too.  

Sure it isn't a heartbeat problem caused by having 
the SQE switch on your transciever set the wrong way?

BT
NNNN
Tracy Johnson
MSI Schaevitz Sensors 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric Sand - STL [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 1:14 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [HP3000-L] Wayward packets
> 
> 
> Hi Folks,
>     This morning I received a call from one of our network 
> people in the
> main office, where we had just re-installed our 918 from 
> Monterey, and he
> said a virus had compromised the box and was transmitting 
> ICMP packets to
> various addresses, some belonging to our customers and others 
> seemingly
> random. I doubted this was happening, but he said he was positive the
> packets emanated from the HP3000. He also said they were 
> encapsulated in a
> "SWIPE" protocol that predates IPSEC and that they were 
> encapsulated PING
> packets.
> 
>     Has anyone had a similar situation or is there an 
> explanation for this?
> 
> 
>           Eric Sand
>           [log in to unmask]

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