Hi Lisa,
I haven�t received this bug via, please can you give the URL?
TIA
Javier
Lisa Napier wrote:
> Hi David,
>
> Cisco is aware of the problem, and Cisco bug ID CSCdm84708 has been filed.
>
> If you have a Cisco Connection Online account, you can sign up to 'watch'
> this bug, to be notified when it is resolved.
>
> Thanks much,
>
> Lisa Napier
> Product Security Incident Response Team
> Cisco Systems
>
> At 09:00 AM 1/13/2000 +0000, David Calder wrote:
> >We have recently installed a Cisco PIX firewall as the front line in our
> >firewall setup. It seems to deliver what it promises but we have one
> >problem with it.
> >
> >The PIX will always send echo replys in response to any echo requests
> >which hit its external interface and we cannot figure out how to switch
> >this off. We have removed the ICMP conduit so no ICMP can go through the
> >PIX but people can still ping the PIX external interface.
> >
> >We have been through the manual many times and even raised it to our ISP
> >(who support our kit and supposedly have a deal with cisco) but they have
> >came back saying it cannot be done and the only way to stop it is to
> >filter out ICMP at the router before the PIX. I know this is a solution
> >(/kludge) but I don't understand why it is not possible to configure a
> >firewall to stop replying to echo requests!
> >
> >Any ideas??
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