Hmmm I use it on my proxy server that masquerades my private ip. One
disadvantage is that you can't use monitoring software's like
"whatsup" that uses ICMP for querries. :)
On Thu, 7 Dec 2000, Jimmy Lim wrote:
> Hi! What are the advantages and disadvantages of using 'echo "1" >
> /proc/sys/net/ipv4/icmp_echo_ignore_all'?
>
> I do this just because of protecting my box from D.O.S.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> Jimmy
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