Well what ipchains rule concerning ICMP can I implement to thwart such
attacks?
Seam
Paul Derbyshire wrote:
>
> At 08:26 PM 2/8/00 -0800, you wrote:
> >Well, i added the IP to my list of "input DENY" files,
> >Could that have gotten through? None of my WinXX boxes
> >went down, and if it did get though would the WinXX
> >box blue screen or just crash apps.? TIA
>
> ICMP attacks can do a lot of things, including simply tricking dial-up
> networking (in 'doze) into disconnecting.
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