Strange log

[Sinner]

Cleared my log few days ago and just happen to log in now to see only these 2 entries ive never seen before and are a bit unclear. google wasn't much help either.. any ideas what they mean?

Aug 17 21:14:58 Aaews: killall aaews
Aug 19 09:15:47 Aaews: killall aaews

 

[skeal]

Cleared my log few days ago and just happen to log in now to see only these 2 entries ive never seen before and are a bit unclear. google wasn't much help either.. any ideas what they mean?

Aug 17 21:14:58 Aaews: killall aaews
Aug 19 09:15:47 Aaews: killall aaews

What are your log settings?

 

[Sinner]

What are your log settings?

I have ot set on notice/notice i beloeve

 

[Sinner]

Or maybe its info. Ill have to check when i get home

 

[skeal]

I have ot set on notice/notice i beloeve

Default is:

Default message log level=notice
Log only messages more urgent than=debug

Try that and see if the extra log entries disappear. Looking at a more verbose version of the log can be scary at times.

 

[ColinTaylor]

It appears to be linked to the option "Disable Asusnat tunnel".

 

[Sinner]

ok im home.. my logs set to info/info. I set it that way because everything has been fine and I don't need details but now I might have come in handy. Wonder why it or something was trying to disable the nat tunnel?

those are the only 2 logs in there and I haven't been logged into the router in days making any changes

 

[ColinTaylor]

Wonder why it or something was trying to disable the nat tunnel?

Have you set that option in Tools > Other Settings?

 

[Sinner]

Have you set that option in Tools > Other Settings?

I have it disabled, have for months.

 

[Sinner]

Have you set that option in Tools > Other Settings?

correction.. thought it was disabled but re-reading it I have it enabled "disable nat tunnel=no" lol disabling now.. but its still weird ive never seen that msg in logs before.

 

[Sinner]

K so ive since enabled more detailed logging but only one more of those entries. I did find some other possibly related info online. Im curious if u think its maybe the issue.

https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.zdn...malware-now-targeting-asus-d-link-huawei-zte/

 

[Sinner]

It part of that malware executes an all kill to remove traces of itself.

 

[ColinTaylor]

I did find some other possibly related info online. Im curious if u think its maybe the issue.

There doesn't seem to be any similarity at all with the VPNFilter malware.

If you upload your entire syslog to somewhere like pastebin we might be able see something, but I suspect it's just a bug (or feature) of the firmware. Unless it's causing you a problem I'd ignore it.

 

[RMerlin]

This is part of Asus's Nat Tunnel service. Only Asus knows exactly what it does and how it works.

 

[Sinner]

yeh everything seems to be working fine its just that particular log entry has never been present before and I haven't been changing any settings. Seemed like something worth looking into, otherwise all is well and im happy to be not messing with the router anymore haha