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Figure 81 Smurf Attack

8.4.2.1 ICMP Vulnerability

ICMP is an error-reporting protocol that works in concert with IP. The following ICMP types trigger an alert:

Table 57 ICMP Commands That Trigger Alerts

5REDIRECT

13TIMESTAMP_REQUEST

14TIMESTAMP_REPLY

17ADDRESS_MASK_REQUEST

18ADDRESS_MASK_REPLY

8.4.2.2 Illegal Commands (NetBIOS and SMTP)

The only legal NetBIOS commands are the following - all others are illegal.

Table 58 Legal NetBIOS Commands

MESSAGE:

REQUEST:

POSITIVE:

VE:

RETARGET:

KEEPALIVE:

All SMTP commands are illegal except for those displayed in the following tables.

Table 59 Legal SMTP Commands

AUTH

DATA

EHLO

ETRN

EXPN

HELO

HELP

MAIL

NOOP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

QUIT

RCPT

RSET

SAML

SEND

SOML

TURN

VRFY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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