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Date:      Tue, 6 Feb 2001 11:15:10 +0000
From:      David Malone <dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie>
To:        milunovic <milunovic@sendmail.ru>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: echo request deny
Message-ID:  <20010206111510.A25095@salmon.maths.tcd.ie>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0102061203230.643-100000@scorpion.cosmos.all.net>; from milunovic@sendmail.ru on Tue, Feb 06, 2001 at 12:05:47PM %2B0000
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0102061203230.643-100000@scorpion.cosmos.all.net>

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On Tue, Feb 06, 2001 at 12:05:47PM +0000, 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

You can limit the icmp response rate with:

	sysctl -w net.inet.icmp.icmplim=whatever

where 'whatever' is the number of responses to allow in a second.
You can't set it to zero however.

	David.


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