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Re: Best way to filter "Nachi pings"?

From: Kris Kennaway (krisobsecurity.org)
Date: Mon Oct 27 2003 - 02:02:40 CST


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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