-> To prevent Linux from forwarding any packets, recompile the kernel -> with the option CONFIG_IP_FORWARD off.
who does compile linux with packet forwarding on when he des not want it to be a router ? -> To prevent responding to pings altogether, use -> CONFIG_IP_IGNORE_ECHO_REQUESTS on. hmmm that i imho a very BAD idea. machine SHOULD (i've heard RFC says it MUST) respond any ICMP echo packet; maybe there could be some protection against ICMP flooding but machine should not ignore echo requests -- Matus "fantomas" Uhlar, sysadmin at NETLAB+ Kosice, Slovakia BIC coord for *.sk; admin of netlab.irc.sk; co-admin of irc.felk.cvut.cz -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
