Re: Removing ping/icmp from a network

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Jon R. Kibler wrote:
> Secure This wrote:
> > I have a variety of clients with data centres who all make use of 
> > icmp/ping to monitor their servers/appliances/devices (often with 
> > poorly configured snmp versions 1 and 2).
> >
> > Could anybody kindly advise me of tools and strategies for minimising 
> > or removing the use of icmp/ping on a supposedly secure network?
> >
> > Thanks in advance
>
> If you have any switches with layer 3 capabilities, block all icmp 
> traffic
> in ACLs. For example, from a Cisco 3750:
Thanks Jon, I have plenty of ways of blocking ICMP, but I'm looking for 
ways of reducing it or working without it.

Many thanks.