I'm still seeing these errors each time

tcpdump: pcap_loop: truncated dump file
tcpdump: pcap_loop: bogus savefile header

simply running tcpdump -nettt -r /var/log/pflog  leads to the tcpdump: 
pcap_loop: truncated dump file.  Any ideas?



Below is the content of /var/log/pf-block.log

Apr 29 12:05:01 core-install pf: Apr 29 12:00:44.450168 rule 10/(match) block 
in on vlan310: fe80::151:6adb:4921:8e33.52856 > ff02::1:3.5355: udp 22 [hlim 1] 
Apr 29 12:05:01 core-install pf: Apr 29 12:00:44.450178 rule 10/(match) block 
in on vlan310: fe80::151:6adb:4921:8e33.52856 > ff02::1:3.5355: udp 22 [hlim 1] 
Apr 29 12:05:01 core-install pf: Apr 29 12:00:44.450541 rule 10/(match) block 
in on vlan310: 192.168.0.4.61394 > 224.0.0.252.5355: udp 22 [ttl 1] 
Apr 29 12:05:01 core-install pf: Apr 29 12:00:44.450552 rule 10/(match) block 
in on vlan310: 192.168.0.4.61394 > 224.0.0.252.5355: udp 22 [ttl 1] 
Apr 29 12:05:01 core-install pf: Apr 29 12:00:44.550100 rule 10/(match) block 
in on vlan310: 192.168.0.4.61394 > 224.0.0.252.5355: udp 22 [ttl 1] 
Apr 29 12:05:01 core-install pf: Apr 29 12:00:44.550107 rule 10/(match) block 
in on vlan310: fe80::151:6adb:4921:8e33.52856 > ff02::1:3.5355: udp 22 [hlim 1] 
Apr 29 12:05:01 core-install pf: Apr 29 12:00:44.550114 rule 10/(match) block 
in on vlan310: fe80::151:6adb:4921:8e33.52856 > ff02::1:3.5355: udp 22 [hlim 1] 
Apr 29 12:05:01 core-install pf: Apr 29 12:00:44.550125 rule 10/(match) block 
in on vlan310: 192.168.0.4.61394 > 224.0.0.252.5355: udp 22 [ttl 1] 
Apr 29 12:05:01 core-install pf: Apr 29 12:00:44.750482 rule 10/(match) block 
in on vlan310: 192.168.0.4.137 > 192.168.0.255.137: udp 50 
Apr 29 12:05:01 core-install pf: Apr 29 12:00:44.750494 rule 10/(match) block 
in on vlan310: 192.168.0.4.137 > 192.168.0.255.137: udp 50 
Apr 29 12:05:01 core-install pf: Apr 29 12:00:45.500168 rule 10/(match) block 
in on vlan310: 192.168.0.4.137 > 192.168.0.255.137: udp 50 
Apr 29 12:05:01 core-install pf: Apr 29 12:00:45.500179 rule 10/(match) block 
in on vlan310: 192.168.0.4.137 > 192.168.0.255.137: udp 50 
Apr 29 12:10:01 core-install pf: Apr 29 12:08:25.056424 rule 10/(match) block 
in on vlan310: fe80::151:6adb:4921:8e33.546 > ff02::1:2.547:dhcp6 solicit [hlim 
1] 
Apr 29 12:10:01 core-install pf: Apr 29 12:08:25.056436 rule 10/(match) block 
in on vlan310: fe80::151:6adb:4921:8e33.546 > ff02::1:2.547:dhcp6 solicit [hlim 
1] 
Apr 29 12:10:01 core-install pf: Apr 29 12:08:25.400461 rule 10/(match) block 
in on vlan310: fe80::151:6adb:4921:8e33 > ff02::16: HBH multicast listener 
report v2, 1 group record(s) [hlim 1] 
Apr 29 12:10:01 core-install pf: Apr 29 12:08:25.400469 rule 10/(match) block 
in on vlan310: fe80::151:6adb:4921:8e33 > ff02::16: HBH multicast listener 
report v2, 1 group record(s) [hlim 1] 
Apr 29 12:10:01 core-install pf: Apr 29 12:08:25.400584 rule 10/(match) block 
in on vlan310: 192.168.0.4 > 224.0.0.22: igmp-2 [v2] [ttl 1] 
Apr 29 12:10:01 core-install pf: Apr 29 12:08:25.400592 rule 10/(match) block 
in on vlan310: 192.168.0.4 > 224.0.0.22: igmp-2 [v2] [ttl 1] 
Apr 29 12:10:01 core-install pf: Apr 29 12:08:25.427442 rule 10/(match) block 
in on vlan310: fe80::151:6adb:4921:8e33 > ff02::16: HBH multicast listener 
report v2, 1 group record(s) [hlim 1] 
Apr 29 12:10:01 core-install pf: Apr 29 12:08:25.427450 rule 10/(match) block 
in on vlan310: fe80::151:6adb:4921:8e33 > ff02::16: HBH multicast listener 
report v2, 1 group record(s) [hlim 1] 
Apr 29 12:10:01 core-install pf: Apr 29 12:08:25.427565 rule 10/(match) block 
in on vlan310: 192.168.0.4 > 224.0.0.22: igmp-2 [v2] [ttl 1] 
Apr 29 12:10:01 core-install pf: Apr 29 12:08:25.427572 rule 10/(match) block 
in on vlan310: 192.168.0.4 > 224.0.0.22: igmp-2 [v2] [ttl 1] 
Apr 29 12:10:01 core-install pf: Apr 29 12:08:25.428080 rule 10/(match) block 
in on vlan310: 192.168.0.4.56486 > 224.0.0.252.5355: udp 24 [ttl 1] 
Apr 29 12:10:01 core-install pf: Apr 29 12:08:25.428088 rule 10/(match) block 
in on vlan310: fe80::151:6adb:4921:8e33.58621 > ff02::1:3.5355: udp 24 [hlim 1] 
Apr 29 12:10:01 core-install pf: Apr 29 12:08:25.428095 rule 0.\M-t.0/(match) 
block in on vlan)\M-E~Qh\M-\: bad-ip6-version 4 


----- Original Message -----
| I do PF log rotation for blocked packets and the latest snapshot
| reports the following error each time syslog is run.  Is this a bug?
| 
|   tcpdump: pcap_loop: bogus savefile header
| 
| 
| /etc/pflogrotate
| ================
| 
| #!/bin/sh
| 
| PFLOG=/var/log/pflog
| FILE=/var/log/pflog5min.$(date "+%Y%m%d%H%M")
| pkill -ALRM -u root -U root -t - -x pflogd
| if [ -r $PFLOG ] && [ $(stat -f %z $PFLOG) -gt 24 ]; then
|    mv $PFLOG $FILE
|    pkill -HUP -u root -U root -t - -x pflogd
|    tcpdump -n -e -s 160 -ttt -r $FILE | logger -t pf -p local0.info
|    rm $FILE
| fi
| 
| 
| /etc/syslog.conf
| ================
| 
| local0.info /var/log/pf-block.log
| 
| 
| --
| James A. Peltier
| Manager, IT Services - Research Computing Group
| Simon Fraser University - Burnaby Campus
| Phone   : 778-782-6573
| Fax     : 778-782-3045
| E-Mail  : [email protected]
| Website : http://www.sfu.ca/itservices
| 
| “A successful person is one who can lay a solid foundation from the
| bricks others have thrown at them.” -David Brinkley via Luke Shaw
| 
| 

-- 
James A. Peltier
Manager, IT Services - Research Computing Group
Simon Fraser University - Burnaby Campus
Phone   : 778-782-6573
Fax     : 778-782-3045
E-Mail  : [email protected]
Website : http://www.sfu.ca/itservices

“A successful person is one who can lay a solid foundation from the bricks 
others have thrown at them.” -David Brinkley via Luke Shaw

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