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Date:      Mon, 21 Aug 2000 17:34:25 -0400
From:      "William Wong" <willwong@anime.ca>
To:        <freebsd-security@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: icmptypes
Message-ID:  <003c01c00bb7$94783340$0300a8c0@anime.ca>
References:  <Pine.LNX.3.95.1000821102609.7312A-100000@ux1.ibb.net> <007701c00b4f$9c905340$4c9409cb@labyrinth.net.au>

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Hi there,

Thanks for the responses.  I've got a somewhat follow up question.
Instead of just dropping an icmp packet with say ipfw's deny rule, is there
a "polite" way to deny the packet.  To clarify, I want to send an equivalent
of a "tcp reset" back, to let them know it's closed.  Or is there no such
thing as this for the icmp protocol?  I'm not that familiar with this
protocol as you can see.

- Will

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sean Winn" <sean@gothic.net.au>
To: "William Wong" <willwong@anime.ca>
Sent: Monday, August 21, 2000 5:10 AM
Subject: Re: icmptypes


> So far I've found no major need to drop ICMP except for redirect.
>
From: "Mipam" <mipam@ibb.net>
> > Sure sure....
> >
> > Basically, you just wish to allow icmp requests and icmp reply's (type 8
> > and 0).
> > Deny the rest. Also make sure to deny any icmp fragmented packets.
> > For the rest what you wish to deny or allow is up to you :)
> > Bye,
> >
> > Mipam.
> > > And if there is, which icmptypes should be allowed in at the minimum?
> > >
> > > - Will




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