[nsp] known networks for broadcast ping attacks
Craig A. Huegen
c-huegen at quadrunner.com
Wed Jul 30 21:57:59 UTC 1997
On Wed, 30 Jul 1997, Craig A. Huegen wrote:
==>For Ciscos, "no ip directed-broadcast" on your interfaces will
==>prevent remote devices from sending directed broadcasts. No guarantees
==>about applications it might break, though.
Clarification: This won't keep you from getting attacked. However, it
will keep your network from receiving the ECHO and therefore you won't
send ECHO_RESPONSE.
/cah
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