dropped packets dont know what they mean

[Mat77]

I log the dropped packets.

I see entries like this:

Dec 25 17:05:42 kernel: DROP IN=eth3 OUT= MAC=14:da:e9:f9:0a:b0:00:01:5c:33:86:c1:08:00 SRC=212.116.159.146 DST=MYWANIPADRESS LEN=48 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=116 ID=59975 PROTO=TCP SPT=29666 DPT=22 SEQ=723775345 ACK=1976039383 WINDOW=65535 RES=0x00 SYN URGP=0 OPT (020405B401010402)

or

Dec 25 16:59:44 kernel: DROP IN=eth3 OUT= MAC=14:da:e9:f9:0a:b0:00:01:5c:33:86:c1:08:00 SRC=188.237.169.62 DST=MYWANIPADRESS LEN=28 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=117 ID=21237 PROTO=ICMP TYPE=8 CODE=0 ID=512 SEQ=40325

what does it mean? Are they ACK Files who get droped? Are they outgoing or incoming? Do I have something to do to avoid it?

 

[RMerlin]

The first one is something that tried to connect to your SSH port, and got blocked by the firewall.

The second one is someone who sent a PING to you (ICMP protocol 8) and got dropped by the firewall.

This is pretty standard background noise on the Internet these days. Just ignore it, or disable firewall logging.

 

[Mat77]

The first one is something that tried to connect to your SSH port, and got blocked by the firewall.

The second one is someone who sent a PING to you (ICMP protocol 8) and got dropped by the firewall.

This is pretty standard background noise on the Internet these days. Just ignore it, or disable firewall logging.

both incoming.

Do I have to do something because of SSH Port?

 

[RMerlin]

both incoming.

Do I have to do something because of SSH Port?

Nothing. All this is saying is simply that the firewall did its job.