Michael Soulier wrote: > > Hey guys. How do you block ping responses, if you so chose? I > don't see a ping service in /etc/inetd.conf or /etc/services. > > Mike > > "To listen to the words of the learned, and to instill into others the > lessons of science, is better than religious exercises." > -- Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)
From: http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue55/stoddard.html Before you save and close the /etc/rc.d/rc.local file, we want to keep the system from responding to ICMP requests, such as ping and traceroute, so we add the following lines right after the #!/bin/sh line: echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/icmp_echo_ignore_all echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_syncookies hth, kent -- ________________________________________________________________ "Neurosis is the way of avoiding non-being by avoiding being." - Paul Tillich, American theologian (1886-1965).
