RE: Smurf attack question

From: Zack Damen (zack@supertux.com)
Date: Tue Mar 08 2005 - 14:38:47 GMT-3


take a look at log-input

At 09:36 AM 3/3/2005, Pete Yeargin \(pyeargin\) wrote:
>Tony,
>
>The ping is a directed broadcast, but a router has "no ip directed
>broadcast" enabled by default. There isn't a command required to add to
>the interface based on this requirement. Other than simply limiting
>ICMP inbound traffic on the interface, what other options would you
>suggest?
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
>Tony Schaffran
>Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 12:31 PM
>To: Jongsoo.Kim@Intelsat.com; ccielab@groupstudy.com
>Subject: RE: Smurf attack question
>
>If you understand exactly what a SMURF attack is and how it works, it is
>pretty simple how to stop it.
>
>There is no single destination. The ping is to the broadcast address.
>All hosts in the subnet will reply.
>
>Tony Schaffran
>Network Analyst
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>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
>Jongsoo.Kim@Intelsat.com
>Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 9:06 AM
>To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
>Subject: Smurf attack question
>
>
>What will be the best method to protect smurf attack?
>Let's say R6 has S0/0 and F0/0.
>Smurf attack is coming from S0/0.
>
>
>The confusion is R6 is smurf amplifier or smurf attack's destination ?
>If R6 is onesmurf attack amplifier, then I am guessing "no ip
>directed-broadcast" is needed in S0/0.
>I have no clue if R6 is a smurf attack's destination. I image there
>will be a lot of ICMP packet flood.
>
>Please help me to explain this to me?
>
>
>Regards
>
>Jongsoo
>
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