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Date:      Tue, 26 May 1998 21:23:56 -0700
From:      William Woods <wwoods@cybcon.com>
To:        "J.A. Terranson" <sysadmin@mfn.org>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: firewall question...
Message-ID:  <356B955C.E76C141A@cybcon.com>
References:  <01BD88F3.54B30210@w3svcs.mfn.org>

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OK, my theory behind this was blocking ping floods.....is this a legit
way to stop em or not then....

J.A. Terranson wrote:
> 
> ipfw add 100 deny icmp from any to any
> 
> Note that this is NOT a good idea!  Please choose the packets you
> block very carefully, as some of them are actually needed! Simple
> echo requests are no big deal to block, but things like redirects
> and unavailables do you a favor!
> 
> J.A. Terranson
> sysadmin@mfn.org
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From:   William Woods [SMTP:wwoods@cybcon.com]
> Sent:   Tuesday, May 26, 1998 9:02 PM
> To:     FreeBSD Questions
> Subject:        firewall question...
> 
> What would be the firewall rule to stop all incomming ICMP packets from
> all?
> 
> Bill
> 
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