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Date:      Wed, 08 Mar 2000 08:28:26 -0700
From:      Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>
To:        Kasper <kasper@swebase.com>
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Block out PING.
Message-ID:  <38C6719A.D419CF1D@softweyr.com>
References:  <001701bf88f2$79ff4960$2b4b4bd4@swebase.com>

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Kasper wrote:
> 
> Is there any way to stop the machine to answer on ping, so that my machine
> doenst answer on any ping? My server has been ping attacked a few times.

Firewall or filter the inbound ICMP echo request packets.

-- 
            "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"

Wes Peters                                                         Softweyr LLC
wes@softweyr.com                                           http://softweyr.com/


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