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Figure 72 Smurf Attack

9.4.2.1 ICMP Vulnerability

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

Table 55 ICMP Commands That Trigger Alerts

5
13
14
17
18

9.4.2.2 Illegal Commands (NetBIOS and SMTP)

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

Table 56 Legal NetBIOS Commands

MESSAGE:
REQUEST:
POSITIVE:
NEGATIVE:
RETARGET:
KEEPALIVE:
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REDIRECT
TIMESTAMP_REQUEST
TIMESTAMP_REPLY
ADDRESS_MASK_REQUEST
ADDRESS_MASK_REPLY
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