Date: Sat, 09 Jun 2001 16:49:15 -0700 From: Dima Dorfman <dima@unixfreak.org> To: Evil Pete <shipley@dis.org> Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/9791: enhancement for netinet/ip_icmp.c to control ping responses Message-ID: <20010609234915.BDA3F3E0B@bazooka.unixfreak.org> In-Reply-To: <200106092357.f59NvZN29052@kizmiaz.dis.org>; from shipley@dis.org on "Sat, 09 Jun 2001 16:57:35 -0700"
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Evil Pete <shipley@dis.org> writes: > ping 8 sends pings, this patch just changes the way the kernel > responds to pings. While true this can be done in ipfw like the > kernal options net.inet.icmp.bmcastecho and net.inet.tcp.drop_synfin > I think the patch is cleaner/faster Whoops, I should've read that more carefully. Even so, I think this should be brought up on -hackers or -net. And honestly, I don't see why ipfw isn't fast enough. > > >Synopsis: enhancement for netinet/ip_icmp.c to control ping responses > > > >State-Changed-From-To: open->suspended > >State-Changed-By: dd > >State-Changed-When: Sat Jun 9 16:25:33 PDT 2001 > >State-Changed-Why: > >It's probably better to do this in ping(8) rather than the kernel. Regardle > ss > }, > >this change should be discussed prior to being committed. > > > >http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=9791 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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