[NCLUG] Preventing ICMP DDoS

[J. Paul Reed]

On 08 Aug 2003 at 07:47:01, quent arranged the bits on my disk to say:

> FRII's solution to the DoS attacks is, apparently, to block ICMP at the
> edge of their DSL network. I've been unable to ping out from my subnet or
> ping into it from outside of FRII's network for several months.  

Is FRII one of those clueful providers that blocks *all* ICMP (thus
breaking TCP) or just ping and pong?

Somehow, I'm willing to bet it's the former. It's what every "good ISP"
does.

Later,
Paul
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