Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 09:52:02 -0800 From: Erick Mechler <emechler@techometer.net> To: Chris Byrnes <chris@jeah.net> Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DoS attack - advice needed Message-ID: <20010322095202.D59996@techometer.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0103221121250.8421-100000@awww.jeah.net>; from Chris Byrnes on Thu, Mar 22, 2001 at 11:22:26AM -0600 References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0103221122260.61047-100000@sasami.jurai.net> <Pine.BSF.4.33.0103221121250.8421-100000@awww.jeah.net>
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:: 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. Maybe this document will give you the reason you're looking for... http://users.worldgate.com/~marcs/mtu/ --Erick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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