Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 17:31:57 -0300 From: Rodrigo Campos <rodrigo@MATRIX.COM.BR> To: Ilya Martynov <m_ilya@agava.com> Cc: Chris Byrnes <chris@jeah.net>, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DoS attack - advice needed Message-ID: <20010322173157.C5678@x-ray.matrix.com.br> In-Reply-To: <86snk5pudk.fsf@juil.domain>; from m_ilya@agava.com on Thu, Mar 22, 2001 at 08:48:39PM %2B0300 References: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0103221137280.10860-100000@awww.jeah.net> <86snk5pudk.fsf@juil.domain>
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On Thu, Mar 22, 2001 at 08:48:39PM +0300, Ilya Martynov wrote: > >>>>> "CB" == Chris Byrnes <chris@jeah.net> writes: > > >> ping uses type 0 and 8 > >> > >> traceroute uses 11 > > CB> Who needs it. > > Who knows? Probably nobody :) That's not true at all. Filtering all ICMP traffic can result in very odd connectivity problems due to Path MTU discovery issues. There's a very good white paper about it that can be found at http://www.worldgate.com/~marcs/mtu/ Regards, -- Rodrigo Campos Matrix Internet S.A. - NOC To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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