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Date:      07 May 1999 18:23:39 +0200
From:      Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no>
To:        Pat Lynch <lynch@rush.net>
Cc:        Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>, Fadi Sodah <sodah@qatar.net.qa>, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ICMP-attack
Message-ID:  <xzpd80ckfw4.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
In-Reply-To: Pat Lynch's message of "Tue, 4 May 1999 18:48:32 -0400 (EDT)"
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9905041837360.995-100000@bytor.rush.net>

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Pat Lynch <lynch@rush.net> writes:
> 	true, I found out to my chagrin that MTU discovery didn;t work and
> was causing problems when I blocked all icmp. Most people miss the point
> of icmp, its not just for ping or traceroute.

ipfw add pass icmp from any to any icmptype 3,11
ipfw add deny icmp from any to any

3 is Unreachable and 11 is Time Exceeded. That's all you need.

DES
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Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@flood.ping.uio.no


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