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Re: Huge outgoing ICMP flows


From: robinton () GMX de (Soeren Ziehe)
Date: 15 Jun 2001 11:45:00 +0100

In article <Pine.LNX.4.33L2.0106131355060.701-100000 () ryoko tokimi net> [13 Jun 01]
   Chris Ess  <azarin () tokimi net> wrote:

But type=0, code=0 (or is it the other way round?) is a ping.  If
I'm interpreting your table correctly, there are 6,575 pings
registered from one host and 5,735 from another.  So, yes, it is
possible that these machines are being used for an ICMP ping DoS
(AKA smurf attack).

It couls also be that these maschines are "infected" with a trojan and  
are part of a DDOS (e.g. part of a "bot net").
I'd recommend further investigation.

Robinton

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