Craig White wrote: >Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 3:33 PM >To: For users of Fedora >Subject: Re: Questions about ICMP > > >On Wed, 2007-12-05 at 15:27 -0800, Daniel B. Thurman wrote: >> Should ICMP packets be allowed both over the >> Internet or should it be allowed to pass only in >> the local networks? >> >> I have a firewall appliance and trying to make sure >> that I am being secured properly. >---- >disabling icmp echo requests is a great feature for the ultra-paranoid > >Craig > >-- So... am I to read this as it is a good idea to disable all icmp requests? I get a LOT of ICMP requests from the Internet probing at my ports, which are disabled. This is a good idea? No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.14/1171 - Release Date: 12/4/2007 7:31 PM -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
