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SS3-4400 sending flood of alert emails, "authentication failure"
To clarify, in addition to my main question about these "Authentication Failure" alert emails, I am trying to learn what causes authentication attempts on this switch. For instance I see that each one of my queries on Security/Device/Authentication/Statistics generates four authentication...- bpeitzke
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- Forum: HP Networking solutions
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SS3-4400 sending flood of alert emails, "authentication failure"
One more thought on one aspect of this problem: I read a thread somewhere commenting on the possibility of a corrupt TCP/IP stack causing repeated connect/disconnect sequences. Could this explain the high number of authentications on the switch? Again, I don't believe these are related to my...- bpeitzke
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- Forum: HP Networking solutions
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SS3-4400 sending flood of alert emails, "authentication failure"
The 3Com SuperStack 3 4400 layer 2 switch in our Hong Kong office has been sending me floods of alert emails, "From device 3Com SuperStack 3 (IP address of this switch) Authentication Failure" We have had a few episodes of automated attacks being logged on our Exchange FE server, but the times...- bpeitzke
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