Instead of dropping the ident reject them.
Preet
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Gesualdi [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2000 8:57 AM
> To: fw
> Subject: Re: [FW1] Do I need these two rules??
>
>
>
>
> First, thanks to all who have replied on this subject.
>
> I tried disabling the ident rule, things continued to run well but I
> noticed many
> more drops in my firewall logs. Apparently my www,mail and dns server
> located in the
> DMZ behind the firewall use ident and without this rule I get many more
> drops in my
> logs so it's more of a cosmetic problem. I'm probably going to leave it in
> unless
> someone else has a better idea?
>
>
>
>
> John Gesualdi wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm reviewing all the rules in my firewall. I have a couple of old
> rules
> > that don't seem to make sense any longer.
> >
> > Rule1 = any_host any_destination long_icmp drop. This
> rule was
> > put in a long time ago for the Ping of Death DOS attack. We are running
> fw1 vers
> > 4.0sp5 on Solaris 2.6. Do I still need this rule?
> >
> > Rule 2 states that my Web server and dns,smtp server located in the
> DMZ can
> > do "ident" with any host. Why would I need this?
> >
> > Thankyou.
> >
> > --
> > John Gesualdi
> > The Providence Journal Company
> > Phone (401)277-8133
> > Pager (401)785-6938
> > CCDP,CCNP
> >
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