SUMMARY: ip_option_process: bad opt 0x5

From: Geoff Lane <zzassgl_at_twirl.mcc.ac.uk>
Date: Tue Mar 12 2002 - 05:28:59 EST
Only one reply from Walter Heukels who suggested a possible cause may be a
scan to determine the type of OS is running on the systems, by monitoring
the response to invalid IP options.

nmap (http://www.insecure.org/) is one possibility

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/\ Geoff. Lane. /\ Manchester Computing /\ Manchester /\ M13 9PL /\ England /\

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