From owner-freebsd-security Tue Jun 22 0:39:49 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from hotmail.com (f9.hotmail.com [207.82.250.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6E00514C37 for ; Tue, 22 Jun 1999 00:39:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from madrapour@hotmail.com) Received: (qmail 98175 invoked by uid 0); 22 Jun 1999 07:39:45 -0000 Message-ID: <19990622073945.98174.qmail@hotmail.com> Received: from 195.96.144.201 by wy1lg.hotmail.com with HTTP; Tue, 22 Jun 1999 00:39:43 PDT X-Originating-IP: [195.96.144.201] From: N.N.M To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Question: Preventing Smurf Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 00:39:43 PDT Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hi, Is it enough to do "sysctl -w net.inet.icmp.bmcastecho=0" to prevent being Smurf Intermediary? And if so, how can I check it to get sure if it is ok? I did the above change, but my freebsd box still responses to ping (from a pc on the same Ehternet) to broadcast address. Is it normal? thanks, Nazila M. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message