That would be "echo request", and the idea is to get a response (type 0,
echo reply) from all the hosts on the network, either to map it or to cause
a denial-of-service. I think someone else already replied to the original
message...
Chuck Sterling
System/Network Administrator
NASA White Sands Test Facility
Magic is REAL, unless declared INTEGER.
> ----------
> From: Joerg Major[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, June 23, 2000 6:41 AM
> To: Majordomo fw-1-mailinglist
> Subject: [FW1] RE: icmp-type8 icmp code 0
>
>
> Hi Zinc,
>
> that?s typically a ping. The destination address is a bit confusing
> because it is a broadcast address not a host IP address. May be there is a
> misconfigured router or something like this. It should be dropped anyway.
> icmp-type8 icmp code 0 means "echo reply"
> Have a look to
> http://www.networksorcery.com/enp/protocol/icmp.htm
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> ---Joerg---
>
>
> > Hi Checkpoint Gurus!
> >
> > I have a log in my firewall originally from:
> >
> > Source: srv1a.pal.va.es
> > destination: x.w.y.255
> > proto. : icmp
> > rule : 17 (any any drop)
> > s.port : none
> > Description: icmp-type8 icmp code 0
> >
> > I had already check this out below, but I still don't really quite
> > understand what is this guy try to do.
> >
> > ICMP TYPE NUMBERS
> >
> > The Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) has many messages that
> > are identified by a "type" field.
> >
> > 8 Echo [RFC792]
> >
> > 8 Echo [RFC792]
> >
> > Codes
> > 0 No Code
> >
> >
> > Please help me.
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> > zinc
> >
>
>
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