On Tue, 2005-05-03 at 17:35 +0000, Jonathan Claxton wrote:
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> On Sun, 1 May 2005, Wagner, Steven G wrote:
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> > I just got my IPCop up this morning, but I'm not sure how to disable ping
> > requests. Does anyone know offhand how to do this?
> >
>
> I also run IPCop on my firewall box... VERY nice. As for the pings,
> welll.. I had to modify a rule in IPCop for this. Look for a filename
> named /etc/rc.d/rc.firewall. Look for the following string:
>
> /sbin/iptables -A INPUT -p icmp --icmp-type 8 -j ACCEPT
>
> Repleace the word ACCEPT with DROP. Reboot. That should fix the pings
> being anwserable to the internet. Also, save a copy of this file OUTSIDE
> of the IPCop box since sometimes an IPCop update can clobber it and then
> you have to refer back to this email. :)
>
> > Also, any other suggestions in regards to securing IPCop would be greatly
> > appreciated as I am new to IPCop and networking in general.
> >
> > My Network=
> >
> > Net --> IPCop --> switch --> PIII/WindozeXP & Sempron/WindozeXP.
> >
> > At www.grc.com ShieldsUp!'s port scan revealed that my port 113 was
> > responding, but the connection was closed. I read a bit about port 113 and
> > decided to redirect any requests to that port to another unusable IP. Now
> > all ports show stealth mode.
> >
>
> There is a setting for this on one of the screens to turn it off, problem
> is I'm at work and my IPCop box is at home... if you can wait for a bit of
> spell, I can get that info to you.
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it's automatically created in 'external access' - you can delete it if
you wish
Craig
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