From owner-freebsd-security Mon Sep 14 15:30:23 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA07059 for freebsd-security-outgoing; Mon, 14 Sep 1998 15:30:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from orbital.tiora.net (cx31658-a.escnd1.sdca.home.com [24.0.185.89]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA07051 for ; Mon, 14 Sep 1998 15:30:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from liam@orbital.tiora.net) Received: from localhost (liam@localhost) by orbital.tiora.net (8.9.1a/8.9.1a+rbl+antispam+zol_hack) with SMTP id PAA07061; Mon, 14 Sep 1998 15:10:38 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 15:10:38 -0700 (PDT) From: Liam Slusser To: ben@rosengart.com cc: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: smurf and broadcast packets.. In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I checked my internal network..the netmask is 255.255.255.0 and the broadcast is 10.0.0.255. ;) liam System Administrator Tiora Networks | www.tiora.net <---- tiora's webpage www.tiora.net/~liam <----- homepage | liam@tiora.net <-- my email address Lowered turbo powered Honda Civic's are really cool. <---------- my quote On Mon, 14 Sep 1998, Snob Art Genre wrote: > On Mon, 14 Sep 1998, Liam Slusser wrote: > > > changed it to 0, and from there...i ran into a wierd > > problem. My server has two network cards in it, ed0 (internet side, > > 24.0.185.89) and ed1 (internal network, 10.0.0.1), and runs natd. When i > > turned net.inet.icmp.bmcastecho to 0..i could not ping 10.0.0.255 but i > > could ping my internet side 24.0.189.255. > > Not so weird. The broadcast address on your internal network is > probably 10.255.255.255. > > > Ben > > "You have your mind on computers, it seems." > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message