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Date:      Wed, 27 Jun 2001 07:15:04 +1000
From:      Peter Jeremy <peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au>
To:        3APA3A <3APA3A@SECURITY.NNOV.RU>
Cc:        alexus <ml@db.nexgen.com>, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: disable traceroute to my host
Message-ID:  <20010627071504.P95583@gsmx07.alcatel.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <3181060651.20010626150813@SECURITY.NNOV.RU>; from 3APA3A@SECURITY.NNOV.RU on Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 03:08:13PM %2B0400
References:  <006a01c0fb6b$2d64d830$9865fea9@book> <771487721300.20010623150519@SECURITY.NNOV.RU> <009201c0fdad$57c2af00$9865fea9@book> <3181060651.20010626150813@SECURITY.NNOV.RU>

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On 2001-Jun-26 15:08:13 +0400, 3APA3A <3APA3A@SECURITY.NNOV.RU> wrote:
>deny ICMP from (YOURNETWORK) to any icmptypes 0,3,11 out
>
>0 - to stop windows traceroute and ping
>3 - to stop BSD-style traceroute
>11 - to prevent intermediate router to reply traceroute

Blocking ICMP type 3 will break Path-MTU discovery (which relies on
type 3 code 4).

Peter

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