[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] RE: [FW1] Blocking ICMP
Please stop replying to this message. It is getting out of the subject. She has enough information on the item. She probably needs to know how to enable or disable it through NT or Unix. fm -----Original Message----- From: David E. Hoobler Jr. [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2001 10:34 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 ============================================================================ ==== ================================================================================ To unsubscribe from this mailing list, please see the instructions at http://www.checkpoint.com/services/mailing.html ================================================================================
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