Questions about ICMP

Craig White craig at tobyhouse.com
Wed Dec 5 23:33:21 UTC 2007


On Wed, 2007-12-05 at 15:27 -0800, Daniel B. Thurman wrote:
> Should ICMP packets be allowed both over the
> Internet or should it be allowed to pass only in
> the local networks?
> 
> I have a firewall appliance and trying to make sure
> that I am being secured properly.
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disabling icmp echo requests is a great feature for the ultra-paranoid

Craig




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