[ILUG-BOM] Output of my /var/log/messages. Please help.

[Satish Dasi]

Dear Linuxers,

Recently when I checked the output of my /var/log/messages it showed me this.


Jul 19 00:11:44 blwbsrv rpc.statd[573]: gethostbyname error for ^X÷ÿ¿^X÷ÿ¿^Y÷ÿ¿^Y÷ÿ¿^Z÷ÿ¿^Z÷ÿ¿^[÷ÿ¿^[÷ÿ¿%8x%8x%8x%8x%8x%8x%8x%8x%8x%236x%n%137x%n%10x%n%192x%n\220\220\220..............................

Can somebody tell me as to what is happening here and how do I protect my machines.

Thanks in advance.

Satish
Linux Newbie