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Date:      Sun, 10 May 1998 12:08:36 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Bob <bjg@otherspace.net>
Cc:        Bob <bob@otherspace.net>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG, bjg@netacc.net
Subject:   Re: icmpinfo
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980510120810.4464L-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980509194946.27979A-100000@net3.netacc.net>

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On Sat, 9 May 1998, Bob wrote:

> On Sat, 9 May 1998, Doug White wrote:
> 
> <SNIP> 
> > You don't have the firewall set up to block icmp, do you?
> 
> No, I don't. While trying to get the thing working, I can ping myself from
> other hosts and get the proper replies, as well as ping myself from my own
> machine.

Okay, now we're getting to routing.  What does ifconfig -a and netstat -rn
report?

> icmpinfo is a handy little program that sits in the background and watches
> for icmp "pings" or echo requests. When working properly, any time anyone
> pings you, it reports the time, host, packet size, etc. Nice for IRC'ers
> who may be subjected to the "ping flood" DOS attack. It is distributed
> with FreeBSD in /usr/ports/net/icmpinfo.

Ah, ok, thanks.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major



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