Kernel message on console

[dtran]

Hi,
Yesterday we seeing messages like this on the console:

Feb 12 14:18:14 kernel: Limiting open port RST response from 206 to 200 packets/sec
Feb 12 14:17:12 kernel: Limiting open port RST response from 202 to 200 packets/sec
Feb 12 14:17:10 kernel: Limiting open port RST response from 202 to 200 packets/sec
Feb 12 14:17:09 kernel: Limiting open port RST response from 206 to 200 packets/sec
Feb 12 14:17:07 kernel: Limiting open port RST response from 207 to 200 packets/sec
Feb 12 14:17:05 kernel: Limiting open port RST response from 220 to 200 packets/sec
Feb 12 14:17:04 kernel: Limiting open port RST response from 216 to 200 packets/sec
Feb 12 14:17:03 kernel: Limiting open port RST response from 204 to 200 packets/sec
Feb 12 14:16:56 kernel: Limiting open port RST response from 211 to 200 packets/sec
Feb 12 14:16:55 kernel: Limiting open port RST response from 216 to 200 packets/sec
Feb 12 14:16:54 kernel: Limiting open port RST response from 204 to 200 packets/sec
Feb 12 14:16:53 kernel: Limiting open port RST response from 201 to 200 packets/sec
Feb 12 14:16:52 kernel: Limiting open port RST response from 216 to 200 packets/sec
Feb 12 14:16:50 kernel: Limiting open port RST response from 210 to 200 packets/sec
Feb 12 14:16:49 kernel: Limiting open port RST response from 207 to 200 packets/sec
Feb 12 14:16:46 kernel: Limiting open port RST response from 214 to 200 packets/sec
Feb 12 14:16:43 kernel: Limiting open port RST response from 223 to 200 packets/sec
Feb 12 14:16:42 kernel: Limiting open port RST response from 232 to 200 packets/sec
Feb 12 14:16:40 kernel: Limiting open port RST response from 222 to 200 packets/sec
Feb 12 14:16:39 kernel: Limiting open port RST response from 236 to 200 packets/sec
Feb 12 14:16:38 kernel: Limiting open port RST response from 220 to 200 packets/sec

Any ideas what this means?
I'm running:
Version  1.2-RC4
built on Wed Jan 16 23:13:03 EST 2008

thanks

[sullrich]

See this thread: http://groups.google.com/group/muc.lists.freebsd.current/browse_thread/thread/79988d2e1a194bda/e6771cb22e118e45?#e6771cb22e118e45

[dtran]

thanks for the info.
It's very helpful