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Re: Packet filtering help



Quoting Brandon High <armitage@freaks.com>:

> I'm currently allowing ICMP to and from ports 0, 3 and 8. I'm just
> afraid
> that I'm breaking a few RFCs doing this.

One thing that I forgot to mention in my previous post is that it is vitally
important that you block all ICMP traffic to/from your broadcast and network
addresses. This stops you and machines you route from being broadcast
amplifiers.

Regards

Simon Murcott
e. simon@murcott.net
m. +6421 304555



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