Subject: broadcast ping response To: None <tech-net@netbsd.org> From: John Nemeth <jnemeth@victoria.tc.ca> List: tech-net Date: 01/22/2005 15:57:21
Why is NetBSD 2.0 responding to broadcast ICMP ECHO REQUEST (ping)
packets? Is there any way to stop it. Because this is a well known
DOS most modern OSes don't respond, so I'm surprised that current
versions of NetBSD do.