Re: Snort FAQ 1.8

[Ramin Alidousti <ramin () cannon eng us uu net>]

On Wed, Jul 11, 2001 at 01:34:17PM -0500, Burleson, Lee (IA) wrote:

> Don't people usually want to know _why_ it is important?  I.e., what are the
> security implications of this event?
>
> I just thought that if you are going to devote the space to question 4.8,
> that fundamental question should be answered.  :)

Good point. Phil's answer is actually the complete answer to the
question below. The context in which such an ICMP gets generated
depends on the network/host/service situation. But, I think,
Phil's answer gives enough background information so the users
can figure out what was going on in their particular case.

Ramin

> Thanks for listening.
>
> - Lee
>
> > Q: What are all these "ICMP destination unreachable" alerts?



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