Re: Questions about ICMP

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• Subject: Re: Questions about ICMP
• From: Craig White <craig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2007 16:33:21 -0700
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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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