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How to set up servers to filter and deny ICMP ECHO (ping) packets?

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  1. pingo

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    How to set up servers to filter and deny ping packets?

    I would like to set it up deny on the servers main IP and filtering on all IPs on a server to avoid low level denial of service attacks happening due to icmp echo-reply abuse.

    I know that it won't be possible to do traceroutes and pings on the IP but I prefer the increased protection as I have experienced quite some attacks on servers IP lately.

    Does anybody here know how this can be done? Any help is gratefully received.

    Thanks
    John

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    #1 pingo, Aug 28, 2003
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    Code:
    /bin/echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts
/bin/echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/icmp_echo_ignore_all
/bin/echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/icmp_ignore_bogus_error_responses

iptables -A INPUT -p icmp -s 0/0 --icmp-type echo-request -j DROP
iptables -A INPUT -p udp --dport 33434:33524 -j DROP
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    #2 ciphervendor, Aug 28, 2003
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    If you are running Freebsd you can do the blackhole thing. We were getting hammered with closed port icmp traffic at 200+ hits per second. Do:

    sysctl -w inet.net.udp.blackhole=1
    sysctl -w inet.net.tcp.blackhole=2

    this really f-cks up alot of port scanners and other icmp hacker/DDOS tools.

    Be careful though as some programs might not like the TCP blackhole, but experiment with them, it cant kill your system.

    :)

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    #3 nyjimbo, Aug 29, 2003
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    Thanks for helping.

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    #4 pingo, Sep 6, 2003
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