At 3/30/01 09:38 PM -0600, you wrote:
> > I was wondering if someone could piont me in the right direction on
> > configure a redhat 7 box to stop responding (go silent) to ping requests.
>
>You can do this with ipchains. I am not entirely sure if the following is
>correct, but it is how I understand it. Ping is process by which one
>computer sends an ICMP echo request (type 8) packet to another machine and
>the target response with an ICMP echo reply (type 0) packet.
>
>The follow may work, but I have not put ANY thought into it. So test it
>before you rely on it. [Anyone else know if this is correct.]
>
>ipchains -A input -i $EXTERNAL_INTERFACE -p icmp \
> -s $ANY 8 -d $IP_ADDRESS -j DENY
WARNING: Read the ipchains docs carefully about this. I don't remember the
specifics, but it very clearly says that there are certain ICMP packets you
should *never* filter. I *think* that the above will work as Chad is
specifically blocking ICMP Type 8 packets... but make sure anyway.
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Rodolfo J. Paiz
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