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Date:      Fri, 18 May 2001 11:47:41 -0400
From:      James Housley <jim@thehousleys.net>
To:        Doug Young <dougy@brizzie.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Lowell Gilbert <lowell@world.std.com>
Subject:   Re: anti-smurf setup
Message-ID:  <3B05441D.1471E44D@thehousleys.net>
References:  <Pine.WNT.4.21.0105182211380.1272-100000@oracle> <122901c0df96$0ca2faf0$0300a8c0@oracle> <44g0e2ish9.fsf@lowellg.ne.mediaone.net> <12e201c0dfb0$1a205aa0$0300a8c0@oracle>

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Doug Young wrote:
> 
> > > fair enough .... doesn't appear its got any side affects & at
> least
> > > might help nobble the mindless ones to some extent though. Any
> idea why its not
> > > in the defailt  rc.conf ??
> >
> > It is.  In fact, it always has been, ever since the variable was
> created.
> >
> ??????????? I've installed FreeBSD form 3.2 to 4.3 & never once seen
> that line in any of them .... what gives ??
> 


Lines 213 & 214 from /etc/defaults/rc.conf from FreeBSD-4.3-RELEASE

### Miscellaneous network options: ###
icmp_bmcastecho="NO"    # respond to broadcast ping packets

/etc/defaults/rc.conf is the "default rc.conf.  /etc/rc.conf is used to
override the defaults specified in /etc/defaults/rc.conf.  This was
created in FreeBSD-3.1-RELEASE

Jim
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