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Date:      Thu, 22 Mar 2001 11:22:26 -0600 (CST)
From:      Chris Byrnes <chris@jeah.net>
To:        <scanner@jurai.net>
Cc:        Marc Rogers <marcr@shady.org>, <freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: DoS attack - advice needed
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.33.0103221121250.8421-100000@awww.jeah.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0103221122260.61047-100000@sasami.jurai.net>

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> Do *NOT* block ICMP point blank at ALL. If you need to filter certain
> type's and code's, fine. But NEVER slap an embargo on the entire ICMP
> protocol. The mentality to do this blows me away every time I hear it
> uttered from people.

Why?  If you have idiots running ping -f yourserver.com from 150 ISPs
around the world, you're going to want to filter ICMP.  That's what I did
awhile back.

And I haven't found a valid reason to re-enable it.



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