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Date:      Mon, 27 Oct 2003 16:06:44 +0800
From:      "Francis A. Vidal" <francisv-sender-21ebc3@irc.dagupan.com>
To:        <freebsd-security@freebsd.org>
Subject:   RE: Best way to filter "Nachi pings"?
Message-ID:  <1067242009.66521.TMDA@irc.dagupan.com>
In-Reply-To: <20031027080240.GA9552@rot13.obsecurity.org>

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Wouldn't it break stuff like traceroute?

-----Original Message-----
From: Kris Kennaway [mailto:kris@obsecurity.org] 
Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 4:03 PM
To: Brett Glass
Cc: security@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: Best way to filter "Nachi pings"?

On Mon, Oct 27, 2003 at 12:31:46AM -0700, Brett Glass wrote:
> We're being ping-flooded by the Nachi worm, which probes subnets for
> systems to attack by sending 92-byte ping packets. Unfortunately,
> IPFW doesn't seem to have the ability to filter packets by length.
> Assuming that I stick with IPFW, what's the best way to stem the
> tide?

Block all ping packets?  Most security-conscious admins do this
anyway.

Kris



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