ICMP restrictions

Last Updated : Aug 24, 2014 |
Prolog information
  • Always accept ICMP ping replies.
  • Any IP address sending an ICMP ping request is added to the pingflood list.
  • When an IP in the pingflood list sends an ICMP ping request, drop the request if that IP has sent five ping requests in one second.
  • Accept all other ICMP ping requests.
  • ICMP redirect datagrams for the network are rate-limited to one per second.
  • ICMP redirect datagrams for the host are rate-limited to one per second.
  • ICMP destination unreachable messages are rate-limited to one per second.
  • ICMP time exceeded messages are rate-limited to one per second.
  • ICMP bad IP header messages are rate-limited to one per second.
  • Drop all other ICMP packets.