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From: Adam Carter <Adam.Carter@optus.com.au>
To: "gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org" <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>
Subject: RE: [gentoo-user] Machine doesn't respond to broadcast ping.
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:10:23 +1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5602B0BD6D59AE4791BE83104940118DC2F3DB7D@excprdmbxw002.optus.com.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4A431293.6000203@caf.com.tr>

> > I've got one machine here on the LAN which isn't responding to broadcast
> > ping. Any idea why not?
>
> You need to set icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts to 0.  Default is
> 1, mainly for dos prevention:
>
> # sysctl net.ipv4.icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts=0

I thought it would default to off in most OSes these days, because of;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smurf_attack

Are those other machines patched up?



  reply	other threads:[~2009-06-25  7:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-06-25  4:34 [gentoo-user] Machine doesn't respond to broadcast ping Stroller
2009-06-25  6:00 ` Eray Aslan
2009-06-25  7:10   ` Adam Carter [this message]
2009-06-25 12:15     ` Stroller
2009-06-26  0:43       ` Adam Carter

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