[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] RE: [FW1] Blocking ICMP
BTW There are about fifty different ping sweeps, only some of them user icmp over udp. George -----Original Message----- From: David E. Hoobler Jr. [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2001 7:34 AM To: 'Tony Wong'; [email protected] Subject: 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 ============================================================================ ==== _____________________________________________________________________ IMPORTANT NOTICES: This message is intended only for the addressee. Please notify the sender by e-mail if you are not the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not copy, disclose, or distribute this message or its contents to any other person and any such actions may be unlawful. Banc of America Securities LLC("BAS") does not accept time sensitive, action-oriented messages or transaction orders, including orders to purchase or sell securities, via e-mail. BAS reserves the right to monitor and review the content of all messages sent to or from this e-mail address. Messages sent to or from this e-mail address may be stored on the BAS e-mail system. ================================================================================ To unsubscribe from this mailing list, please see the instructions at http://www.checkpoint.com/services/mailing.html ================================================================================
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