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darant

03-11-2003 20:19

How to disable Echo Requests?

Hi all,

Ive just installed Norton Internet Security 2004 and am getting Echo requests like there's no tomorrow.

The symantec site says the below:

Quote:

About disabling ping on the Symantec Firewall/VPN appliance

Situation:
You need to know if you can prevent the Symantec Firewall/VPN appliance from responding to ping requests.

Solution:
Currently, there is no way to disable ping (ICMP echo) responses from the Symantec Firewall/VPN appliance.

The best way to block ping traffic to the Symantec Firewall/VPN appliance is to drop ICMP echo requests at your border router. If your Internet Service Provider (ISP) handles your border router, they can configure it to drop ICMP echo requests for you.

If that's the case, how do NTL block them?

Paul	03-11-2003 20:37

Re: How to disable Echo Requests?

Quote:

Originally Posted by darant

Hi all,

Ive just installed Norton Internet Security 2004 and am getting Echo requests like there's no tomorrow.

The symantec site says the below:

If that's the case, how do NTL block them?

NTL don't block them and I doubt they ever will, get yourself some firewall software to block them.

Richard M

03-11-2003 21:12

Re: How to disable Echo Requests?

Quote:

Originally Posted by pem

NTL don't block them and I doubt they ever will, get yourself some firewall software to block them.

Quote:

Originally Posted by darant

Hi all,

Ive just installed Norton Internet Security 2004...

;)

Paul	03-11-2003 21:16

Re: How to disable Echo Requests?

:confused:

Richard M

03-11-2003 21:21

Re: How to disable Echo Requests?

NIS is a firewall!

darant

03-11-2003 21:21

Re: How to disable Echo Requests?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Roger K

;)

I didnt want to say my self

Paul	03-11-2003 21:29

Re: How to disable Echo Requests?

Yes and he also posted ;

About disabling ping on the Symantec Firewall/VPN appliance

Situation:
You need to know if you can prevent the Symantec Firewall/VPN appliance from responding to ping requests.

Solution:
Currently, there is no way to disable ping (ICMP echo) responses from the Symantec Firewall/VPN appliance

Richard M

03-11-2003 21:32

Re: How to disable Echo Requests?

You could setup the XP default firewall to stop incoming pings maybe, but using two firewalls would probably cause problems.

gary_580

04-11-2003 10:33

Re: How to disable Echo Requests?

If NIS 2004 is anything like NIS2003 i'd get rid of it and get something that works!! I had no end of trouble with NIS2003 and in the end symantec refunded my money as there was no solution to a number of the problems

Nemesis

04-11-2003 10:44

Re: How to disable Echo Requests?

Quote:

Originally Posted by gary_580

The Computing Which report rated ZoneAlarm :)

Ramrod

04-11-2003 14:03

Re: How to disable Echo Requests?

This site might help you.

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