Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1998 13:46:41 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: NOC-GFX <sysadmin@mfn.org> Cc: William Woods <wwoods@cybcon.com>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Firewall rule.... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980713134618.25570P-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <01BDADB5.62F940F0@noc.mfn.org>
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On Sun, 12 Jul 1998, NOC-GFX wrote: > Doug - your rule prohibits HIM from sending out pings as well. Wouldn't > it be better to have > > ... deny icmp from any to <staticip> icmptype 8 > > he did specify he wanted to block all pings _to_ his IP. This way, > he can still use ping himself... Ah, okay, thanks! I'm going to print out that ICMP types list since they keep coming up! :) Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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