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Assessment Title
Rule Text
TOSS 5 must not respond to Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) echoes sent to a broadcast address.
Description
Discussion Text
Responding to broadcast (ICMP) echoes facilitates network mapping and provides a vector for amplification attacks.
Ignoring ICMP echo requests (pings) sent to broadcast or multicast addresses makes the system slightly more difficult to enumerate on the network.
Ignoring ICMP echo requests (pings) sent to broadcast or multicast addresses makes the system slightly more difficult to enumerate on the network.
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