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Date:      Wed, 11 Jul 2001 04:09:51 -0400
From:      "Joseph Gleason" <clash@tasam.com>
To:        "Kelvin Ng Chee Hoong" <nchee_hoong@pacific.net.sg>
Cc:        <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Minimize ICMP packets
Message-ID:  <001b01c109e0$dda90350$0b2d2d0a@battleship>
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Humm...I beleive net.inet.icmp.icmplim is to limit the rate in packets per
second of ICMP not the size.  I'm not sure how to limit the size....


----- Original Message -----
From: "Kelvin Ng Chee Hoong" <nchee_hoong@pacific.net.sg>
To: "Joseph Gleason" <clash@tasam.com>
Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 04:13
Subject: Re: Minimize ICMP packets


> Hi Joseph ;
>     First of all , thank you very much for your information. I've set
variable
> of  icmplim to 30 but this variable  seems does not limit the ICMP packet
size
> to max 30 bytes.
> When I did a ping to my FBSD machine with  packet size of 18024 bytes, it
still
> accept the larger ICMP packets rather than to discard .
>
> Joseph Gleason wrote:
>
> > kernel option:
> > options         ICMP_BANDLIM
> >
> > Does this.  It is default in generic.
> >
> > I am not certain of this but I assume sysctl variable
net.inet.icmp.icmplim
> > controls the ammount it lets through.  Someone want to confirm or deny
this?
> >
> > Joe Gleason
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Kelvin Ng Chee Hoong" <nchee_hoong@pacific.net.sg>
> > To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 03:14
> > Subject: Minimize ICMP packets
> >
> > > Hi ;
> > >     I want my FBSD machine to accept ICMP packets (ping)  from source
> > > anywhere , but limited to number of ICMP packets size and number of
> > > connection ping concurrently .  Any ICMP packets that beyond the
> > > criteria will be discarded .
> > >
> > >
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