Some kind of DoS killing a fastethernet interface

Hi. I recently received these messages in a syslog (on the machine "somebox"). It's obviously some kind of DoS, but I`m
trying to figure out what kind. The syslog port was open so I`m guessing this is some kind of UDP flood to random ports,
thereby hitting the syslog port. Comments?

Cheers
Bjorn

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Jan 8 02:58:59 somebox kernel: eth0: transmit timed out, status 007b, reset
Jan 8 02:58:59 somebox kernel: resetting ledma
Jan 8 02:59:10 cs2756-148.austin.rr.com
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Jan 8 03:00:35 24.130.172.19
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Jan 8 03:00:24 somebox kernel: eth0: transmit timed out, status 007b, reset
Jan 8 03:00:24 somebox kernel: resetting ledma
Jan 8 03:01:04 cc849766-a.taylor1.mi.home.com
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Jan 8 03:00:24 somebox kernel: eth0: Carrier Lost, trying AUI
Jan 8 03:00:24 somebox kernel: eth0: Carrier Lost, trying TPE
Jan 8 03:00:24 somebox kernel: eth0: Carrier Lost, trying AUI
Jan 8 03:00:24 somebox kernel: eth0: Carrier Lost, trying TPE
Jan 8 03:00:24 somebox kernel: eth0: Carrier Lost, trying AUI
Jan 8 03:00:24 somebox kernel: eth0: Carrier Lost, trying TPE
Jan 8 03:00:24 somebox kernel: eth0: Carrier Lost, trying AUI
Jan 8 03:00:24 somebox kernel: eth0: Carrier Lost, trying TPE
Jan 8 03:01:54 somebox kernel: eth0: transmit timed out, status 007b, reset
Jan 8 03:01:54 somebox kernel: resetting ledma
Jan 8 03:02:19 somebox kernel: eth0: transmit timed out, status 007b, reset
Jan 8 03:02:19 somebox kernel: resetting ledma
Jan 8 03:02:19 somebox kernel: eth0: Carrier Lost, trying AUI
Jan 8 03:02:19 somebox kernel: eth0: Carrier Lost, trying TPE
Jan 8 03:02:19 somebox kernel: eth0: Carrier Lost, trying AUI
Jan 8 03:02:19 somebox kernel: eth0: Carrier Lost, trying TPE
Jan 8 03:02:19 somebox kernel: eth0: Carrier Lost, trying AUI
Jan 8 03:02:19 somebox kernel: eth0: Carrier Lost, trying TPE
Jan 8 03:02:19 somebox kernel: eth0: Carrier Lost, trying AUI
Jan 8 03:02:19 somebox kernel: eth0: Carrier Lost, trying TPE
Jan 8 03:02:19 somebox kernel: eth0: Carrier Lost, trying AUI
Jan 8 03:02:22 somebox kernel: eth0: Carrier Lost, trying TPE
Jan 8 03:02:59 somebox kernel: eth0: transmit timed out, status 007b, reset
Jan 8 03:02:59 somebox kernel: resetting ledma
Jan 8 03:02:59 somebox kernel: eth0: Carrier Lost, trying AUI
Jan 8 03:02:59 somebox kernel: eth0: Carrier Lost, trying TPE
Jan 8 03:02:59 somebox kernel: eth0: Carrier Lost, trying AUI
Jan 8 03:02:59 somebox kernel: eth0: Carrier Lost, trying TPE
Jan 8 03:02:59 somebox kernel: eth0: Carrier Lost, trying AUI
Jan 8 03:02:59 somebox kernel: eth0: Carrier Lost, trying TPE
Jan 8 03:02:59 somebox kernel: eth0: Carrier Lost, trying AUI
Jan 8 03:02:59 somebox kernel: eth0: Carrier Lost, trying TPE
Jan 8 03:03:50 nic-25-c108-026.mn.mediaone.net
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Jan 8 03:07:24 somebox kernel: eth0: transmit timed out, status 007b, reset
Jan 8 03:07:24 somebox kernel: resetting ledma
Jan 8 03:07:24 somebox kernel: eth0: Carrier Lost, trying AUI
Jan 8 03:07:24 somebox kernel: eth0: Carrier Lost, trying TPE
Jan 8 03:07:24 somebox kernel: eth0: Carrier Lost, trying AUI
Jan 8 03:07:24 somebox kernel: eth0: Carrier Lost, trying TPE
Jan 8 03:07:25 somebox kernel: eth0: Carrier Lost, trying AUI
Jan 8 03:07:28 somebox kernel: eth0: Carrier Lost, trying TPE
Jan 8 03:08:19 somebox kernel: eth0: transmit timed out, status 007b, reset
Jan 8 03:08:19 somebox kernel: resetting ledma
Jan 8 03:08:19 somebox kernel: eth0: Carrier Lost, trying AUI
Jan 8 03:08:19 somebox kernel: eth0: Carrier Lost, trying TPE
Jan 8 03:08:19 somebox kernel: eth0: Carrier Lost, trying AUI
Jan 8 03:08:19 somebox kernel: eth0: Carrier Lost, trying TPE
Jan 8 03:14:29 somebox kernel: eth0: transmit timed out, status 007b, reset
Jan 8 03:14:29 somebox kernel: resetting ledma
Jan 8 03:14:29 somebox kernel: eth0: Carrier Lost, trying AUI
Jan 8 03:14:29 somebox kernel: eth0: Carrier Lost, trying TPE
Jan 8 03:14:29 somebox kernel: eth0: Carrier Lost, trying AUI
Jan 8 03:14:30 somebox kernel: eth0: Carrier Lost, trying TPE