You can either disable ident on the server that sends them or "Reject" them on the firewall. "Drop"ing them at the firewall would sometimes cause a delay in the response from the servers.
Preet -----Original Message----- From: Vedantam sekhar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 5:50 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [FW-1] Ident port Hi, I am seeing the firewall lots of traffic to my firewall interface with port 113(Ident) which are dropped the firewall.The traffic is originating from the servers inside the DMZ and external Ip's also.What kind of traffic is this?what are the security implications if we allow this network. Thanks in advance for the help.... Thanks and Regds, V.N.SEKHAR __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree ================================================= To set vacation, Out-Of-Office, or away messages, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] in the BODY of the email add: set fw-1-mailinglist nomail ================================================= To unsubscribe from this mailing list, please see the instructions at http://www.checkpoint.com/services/mailing.html ================================================= If you have any questions on how to change your subscription options, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] ================================================= *********************************************************************** Bear Stearns is not responsible for any recommendation, solicitation, offer or agreement or any information about any transaction, customer account or account activity contained in this communication. *********************************************************************** ================================================= To set vacation, Out-Of-Office, or away messages, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] in the BODY of the email add: set fw-1-mailinglist nomail ================================================= To unsubscribe from this mailing list, please see the instructions at http://www.checkpoint.com/services/mailing.html ================================================= If you have any questions on how to change your subscription options, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] =================================================
