Disable ping 1

[ahmedmt1981]

Dears
I'm working on Solaris 9
Could you please tell me how could I disable ICMP ECHP-REQUEST developed by ping command
I tries to disable the port 7 from etc/service file
but nothing happened
thanks

 

[mrn]

What are you trying to block inbound or outbound?

Mike

"Whenever I dwell for any length of time on my own shortcomings, they gradually begin to seem mild, harmless, rather engaging little things, not at all like the staring defects in other people's characters."

 

[ahmedmt1981]

Well Both

 

[coffeysm]

You might need to install IP Tables or something...I could be wrong, but I don't think Solaris stops this by default.

 

[ahmedmt1981]

Thank you so much for your respond
I searched in the internet
and the only solution is to install an additional firewall software

 

[djr111]

It probably would be easier just to disable them at the network level instead of at the host level. currently this is what my company does, all though it is annoying (not having the ability to ping a host) it is effective.

 

[ahmedmt1981]

many many thanks djr11
but could you please explane to me more
and if there is any procedure to do this

 

[mrn]

Install this

http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html

disable icmp

Mike

"Whenever I dwell for any length of time on my own shortcomings, they gradually begin to seem mild, harmless, rather engaging little things, not at all like the staring defects in other people's characters."

 

[ahmedmt1981]

Many thanks