Nic Posted November 28, 2007 Share Posted November 28, 2007 Recently installed some security software, once or twice a day I get warning of a Ping Flood attack. Can anyone explain what this is and why it is done? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mawby Posted November 28, 2007 Share Posted November 28, 2007 DoS attempt using ping requests. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nic Posted November 28, 2007 Author Share Posted November 28, 2007 DoS attempt using ping requests. I think something just wizzed over my head Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mawby Posted November 28, 2007 Share Posted November 28, 2007 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ping_flood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nic Posted November 28, 2007 Author Share Posted November 28, 2007 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ping_flood I read that, but it doesn't really explain the reason why it is done, what is it's purpose is ie. is it a malicious attack or just one of things. It's probably something that can't be understood without knowing more than I do about these things. Am I best just stopping them when I get an alert? Anything to be worried about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mawby Posted November 28, 2007 Share Posted November 28, 2007 Have you been upsetting Ken again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nic Posted November 28, 2007 Author Share Posted November 28, 2007 Have you been upsetting Ken again? Yes by still breathing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ark Posted November 28, 2007 Share Posted November 28, 2007 It can't _do_ anything to you, but it will sap your bandwidth and slow down your internetworkythingy. There's also nothing you can do about it unless you get REALLY uppity with your ISP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angarak Posted November 28, 2007 Share Posted November 28, 2007 Some ISP's have software that ping their own network to see if customers computers are at risk (ie: doesnt look like they have a firewall, etc). A good firewall wont respond to a ping request, and a really good firewall will block the IP of the pinging computer for a while. I've heard of ISPs with customers on static IP addresses sending out letters warning their customers of their computers vulnerability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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