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202-400 · Question #49

A server is being used as a smurf amplifier, whereby it is responding to ICMP Echo-Request packets sent to its broadcast address. To disable this, which command needs to be run?

The correct answer is D. echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.

Question

A server is being used as a smurf amplifier, whereby it is responding to ICMP Echo-Request packets sent to its broadcast address. To disable this, which command needs to be run?

Options

  • Aifconfig eth0 nobroadcast
  • Becho "0" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/icmp_echo_accept_broadcasts
  • Ciptables -A INPUT -p icmp -j REJECT
  • Decho "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts
  • Eecho "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/icmp_echo_nosmurf

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