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Date:      Tue, 6 Feb 2001 12:23:27 -0700 (MST)
From:      Nick Rogness <nick@rapidnet.com>
To:        milunovic <milunovic@sendmail.ru>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: echo request deny
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0102061216050.51787-100000@rapidnet.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0102061203230.643-100000@scorpion.cosmos.all.net>

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On Tue, 6 Feb 2001, milunovic wrote:

> Is there anyway to deny echo request on FreeBSD (except ipfw add deny
> icmp from any to any) ?
> On Linux It was simple,just echo 1>/proc/.../icmp_echo_request

	If you just want to block echo_requests and don't want to
	block any other ICMP why not use ipfw?

	ipfw add 1000 deny icmp from any to any in via xl0 icmptypes 8

	This will still allow other icmp to work...so why not use it?

Nick Rogness
- Keep on routing in a Free World...  
  "FreeBSD: The Power to Serve "



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