[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] RE: [FW1] Blocking ICMP
Blocking ICMP prevents ping sweeps of your network. Ping sweeps are used in the first phase of hacking to get a "footprint" of your network. A good source for this informatoin is Hacking Exposed (Osborne/McGraw Hill, ISBN 0-07-212127-0). David Hoobler > -----Original Message----- > From: Tony Wong [SMTP:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, June 08, 2001 11:55 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [FW1] Blocking ICMP > > How does blocking ICMP make my firewall more secure? ================================================================================ To unsubscribe from this mailing list, please see the instructions at http://www.checkpoint.com/services/mailing.html ================================================================================
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