Hi! On Wed, 08 Feb 2006, Oliver Schad wrote: > > Why (outside of s specific attack in that area) would one *not* > > respond to pings? Outside from a specific attack in that area > > happening, I see no reason to do so. > > Everyone knows, that only stealthed hosts are secure. To archive this, > you have to block not only icmp but also arp. ;-)
I prefer diagonal cutters for that kind of security. A hardwall of the drastic kind, if you will. Regards, Tobias PS: On of our trainees has a teacher at school that said that ICMP was the "Hacker Protocol". Boy, did we had a laugh at his scripts. -- You don't need eyes to see, you need vision. -- gentoo-security@gentoo.org mailing list
