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Enabling Protection Against a Ping of Death Attack

A grossly oversized ICMP packet can trigger a range of adverse system reactions such as denial of service (DoS), crashing, freezing, and rebooting.

Before You Begin
For background information, read Understanding Ping of Death Attacks.

You can use either J-Web or the CLI configuration editor to enable protection against a ping of death attack. The specified zone is where the attack originates.

This topic covers:

J-Web Configuration

To configure screens:

Select Configure>CLI Tools>Point and Click CLI.
Next to Security, click Configure or Edit.
Next to Screen, click Configure.
Next to Ids option, click Add new entry.
In the Name box, type ping-death.
Next to Icmp, click Configure.
Next to Ping death, select the check box and click OK.
To save and commit the configuration, click Commit.

To configure zones:

Select Configure>CLI Tools>Point and Click CLI.
Next to Security, click Configure or Edit.
Next to Zones, click Configure.
Next to Security zone, click Add new entry.
In the Name box, type zone.
In the Screen box, type ping-death and click OK.
To save and commit the configuration, click Commit.

CLI Configuration


            
               user@host# set security screen ids-option
                     ping-death icmp ping-death
               user@host# set security zones security-zone
                     zone screen ping-death

Enabling Protection Against a Ping of Death Attack

J-Web Configuration

CLI Configuration

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