Bone detectives seek clues to genocide Dec 2, 2008
Katzmarzyk's team from the ICMP -- a nongovernmental organization set up at the end of the Bosnian war to locate and identify victims of war and human rights abuses -- has pioneered quicker, simpler DNA tests to work out which bones go together ... About 5,200 people out of the 8,000 executed at Srebrenica have been identified with the help of ICMP, but new mass graves continue to be found and more remains are delivered to the facility in Lukavac to be matched ... Evidence gathered by the ICMP... (CNN)
Microsoft PDF: Top 11 Reasons to Upgrade to Windows Server 2008 Nov 20, 2008
ICMP and ICMPv6 (ping) traffic by Type and Code. Restricting firewall rules to either users, groups, or computers. (IntranetJournal)
Linux open source firewall software options Nov 8, 2008
Supports tuning ICMP parameters with the intent of stopping Denial of Service (DoS) attacks. Has network traffic monitoring, including traffic routed through the firewall. (Search Enterprise Linux)
Revealed: The Internet's Biggest Security Hole Aug 28, 2008
I have seen one that checks latency and hops with icmp, then updates the route table accordingly. If an efficient route is hijacked by an inefficient one, it is ignored. (Newsmax)
Solving the Storage Error Management Dilemma Aug 19, 2008
It has taken decades for network error management frameworks and error functionality in various stacks (ICMP, IP, TCP, SONET and Ethernet among them) to mature to meet requirements. SNMP 1. (EnterpriseStorageForum)
Srebrenica: symbol of martyrdom and division Jul 8, 2008
One person may be found in maybe seven different grave sites, said Kerry-Ann Martin, senior forensic anthropologist at the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP). Her colleague slowly removes human bones from a plastic bag, detaches smaller bones from big ones and carefully washes them. (Globe and Mail -- International)
Comcast's FCC Filing Called Unfair, Not Good Enough Feb 15, 2008
They also say RST packets are the only way, completely ignoring options like ICMP source quench, leaky bucket/token bucket filtering, or TCP's own congestion control reaction to dropped/delayed packets. Whoever wrote Comcast's response has quite a pair. (Slashdot)
Microsoft patches three flaws Jan 10, 2008
therefore addresses the two bugs affecting three Windows TCP/IP protocols: the internet group management protocol (IGMP) and multicast listener discovery (MLD) are used to handle IP multicasting, like webcasts for example, and the internet control message protocol (ICMP), used for network connectivity and routing. The second bulletin patches an elevation of privilege flaw, which typically means an attack to exploit this vulnerability needs local access in Windows 2000, XP and Server 2003. (IT PRO)
Microsoft patches Windows TCP/IP, LSASS flaws Jan 9, 2008
The software giant fixed the problem by modifying how the Windows kernel processes TCP/IP structures that contain multicast and ICMP requests ... The software giant fixed the problem by modifying how the Windows kernel processes TCP/IP structures that contain multicast and ICMP requests. (SearchWindows2000.com)
TCP/IP Worm Hole Dings Vista Jan 9, 2008
The second vulnerability in the MS08-001 bulletin is described as a denial-of-service issue in the way the Windows Kernel processes fragmented router advertisement ICMP queries. It's important to note that ICMP Router Discovery Protocol (RDP) is not enabled by default and is required in order to exploit this vulnerability ... Microsoft said an anonymous attacker could exploit the vulnerability by sending specially crafted ICMP packets to a computer over the network, causing the computer to stop... (eWeek)
Mu Security Analyzer busts vulnerabilities Jan 8, 2008
The Mu-4000 understands more than 50 different protocols (IPv4, IPv6, VoIP, SIP, CIFS, ICMP, and SSH, among others) and can generate malformed traffic in millions of ways. The Mu-4000 includes the capability to automatically restart hung hosts and capture packet traces (in pcap form) of both sent and received traffic. (InfoWorld)
Veracode Looks to Close Backdoors Dec 18, 2007
The company also scans for telltale signs such as self-modifying code or code obfuscation, as well as rootkits and unintended network activity, which includes listening on undocumented ports, making outbound connections to establish a command and control channel, or leaking sensitive information over the network via SMTP, HTTP, UDP, ICMP or other protocols. Check out eWEEK.com's for the latest security news, reviews and analysis. (eWeek)
IAR Systems Announces IAR PowerPac TCP/IP for ARM Oct 18, 2007
Supported protocols include: TCP; IP; UDP; Telnet; ARP; DHCP (client); ICMP; and TFTP. The stack is highly optimized to ensure both minimum memory consumption and high-speed operation, and is connected via a standard BSD socket interface. It features zero data copy for fast performance, and the number of connections is limited only by the available memory. (BusinessWire)
Extreme Networks Introduces Automation Framework, New Edge Switch and Services to Ease Deployment, Operation and Optimization of Networks Oct 9, 2007
Optimization Automation Modules: -- New Broadcast Storm Mitigation Module -- works with CLEAR-Flow enabled BlackDiamond(R) switches to help protect against broadcast storms -- New ICMP Imbalance Module -- spots route-down problems and IP address sweeps that can indicate network usage policy violations or hacker activity -- New Reconnaissance Module -- helps protect against TCP-based scans New Lifecycle Automation Services Customers can now get professional services from Extreme Networks to... (PR Newswire)
Raritan CommandCenter NOC 250 Sep 19, 2007
While Linux systems can be monitored at the most basic levels using ICMP pings, the CommandCenter doesn't provide specific Linux monitoring capabilities. Company officials told me that more Linux-centric tools might be offered in future versions of the product. (eWeek)
Securing your Linux server with iptables Jul 19, 2007
It can filter TCP, UDP and ICMP packets only ... Ipchains also has the ability to filter any IP protocol explicitly, not just TCP, UDP and ICMP.. (Search Enterprise Linux)
Iraq war dead live on - online May 27, 2007
Osama PING Laden wrote on May 26, 2007 7:47 AM:" Quoting Ping is a computer network tool used to test whether a particular host is reachable across an IP network. Ping works by sending ICMP echo request packets ("Ping. ") to the target host and listening for ICMP echo response replies (sometimes dubbed "Pong. (The Pantagraph newspaper)
An Eye on Endpoint Protection May 24, 2007
These include exceptions to allow such traffic as IP Security, ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol) and TCP connections. Security managers should carefully review the default rules and spend time learning what applications users especially those who travel outside the protected network perimeter need and how the applications communicate. (eWeek)
SolarWinds Makes Waves May 19, 2007
The Engineer's Toolset gathers availability and performance data about the network using several mechanisms, including ICMP, SNMP, DNS (Domain Name System) and Syslog. The diagnostic data it collects is automatically stored in a database for additional analysis. (eWeek)
Estonia Under Russian Cyber Attack? May 19, 2007
Over the past two weeks he noted that of the 128 attacks, most were Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) () floods. ICMP includes ping () in its implementation ... An ICMP flood attack does not typically target any particular port or service on a target but rather the IP address as a whole. (CIO Information Network)
Installing and configuring spamd Apr 5, 2007
Turn on stateful packet filtering # We let back in any traffic whose session originated from the inside pass out quick on $externalif inet proto tcp from $internalnet to any modulate state pass out quick on $externalif inet proto udp from $internalnet to any keep state pass out quick on $externalif inet proto icmp from $internalnet to any keep state # Also have to explicitly allow the firewall's own traffic to come back in. pass out quick on $externalif inet proto tcp from $externalif to any... (Linux.com)
Mu-4000 Puts IP Equipment to the Test Feb 24, 2007
The platform includes IPv4, TCP, UDP (User Datagram Protocol), ICMP and ARP ck protocol probes ... We conducted a test to see how the OptiView would handle mutated ICMP ping traffic ... The monitor can be as simple as an ICMP ping or as complex as a capture of log data from the device under test. (eWeek)
