ICMP Ping Flood
Icmp ping flood is a kind of DOS attack that can be performed on remote machines connected via a network. It involves sending a large number of ping echo requests (packets) to the target system such that it is not able to tackle so fast. So the result is that the host either gets too busy into replying these echo requests that it gets no time to serve its original purpose, or it might crash or something similar. So if a machine connected to the internet gets flooded by such a large quantity of echo packets then it wont be able to process other network activities it was intended to, and will keep very busy in replying to the echo requests.
Different machines handle this differently depending on the network security and kind of operating system setup etc. Slowly all machines connected to the internet are securing themselves from such dos attacks. The most common technique is the use of a firewall, that will block the sending ip if it receives an unexpected amount of echo request. Other techniques involve not replying to ping packets at all from over the internet. Each of the techniques has its own pros...
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ICMP ping flood code using sockets in C – Linux
Icmp ping flood is a kind of DOS attack that can be performed on remote machines connected via a network. It involves sending a large number of ping echo requests (packets) to the target system such that it is not able to tackle so fast. So the result is that the host either gets too busy into replying these echo requests that it gets no time to serve its original purpose, or it might crash or something similar. So if a machine connected to the internet gets flooded by such a large quantity of echo packets then it wont be able to process other network activities it was intended to, and will keep very busy in replying to the echo requests.
Different machines handle this differently depending on the network security and kind of operating system setup etc. Slowly all machines connected to the internet are securing themselves from such dos attacks. The most common technique is the use of a firewall, that will block the sending ip if it receives an unexpected amount of echo request. Other techniques involve not replying to ping packets at all from over the internet. Each of the techniques has its own pros...
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ICMP ping flood code using sockets in C – Linux
