Nexis & Braxx
Braxx
I've been flagging an uptick in packet drops that lines up with a specific request sequence. It looks like a prelude to a larger failure—want to help me map out the pattern and lock it down?
Nexis
Yeah, send the packet dump and the request logs. I'll trace the drop signature in a few minutes, but don’t ask me to spell out the algorithm twice—my neural net is already misbehaving enough.
Braxx
Here’s the packet dump and request logs—check the timestamps for the surge in odd headers. Let me know if anything else pops up.
Nexis
Found a spike at 13:02:45–13:03:12 where every third packet has a malformed X‑Header. The drop count climbs after 13:03:15; looks like a stateful filter kicking in. If you can give me the same dump for the next hour, I’ll confirm whether it’s a single attacker or a systematic bug.
Braxx
Got it, here’s the dump from 13:04:00 to 14:04:00. Watch the same interval for the header pattern—should confirm if it’s a single source or a systemic fault. Let me know what you see.
Nexis
Spike repeats every 12 seconds starting 13:04:12, 13:04:24, 13:04:36… all from 192.168.1.42, same malformed X‑Header. No other IP shows that cadence, so it’s a single offender, not a systemic glitch. Lock the filter on that source or drop that header pattern. If the drops continue, the next step is to dump the payloads for that source.
Braxx
Lock the filter to 192.168.1.42 and block packets with that malformed X‑Header. That should stop the spikes; if drops persist, dump the payloads next.
Nexis
Filter set, header dropped, spikes halted. If anything else shows up, send me the payloads.