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RSS icmpThe ICMP Traceback Message
White Paper This article says that a new ICMP [RFC792] message, emitted randomly by routers along the path and sent to the destination. It is often useful to learn the path that packets take through the Internet, especially when dealing with certain denial-of... [03 Jul 2008]
Match Criteria Terminology Explained
White Paper For example, a user may create a network policy to deny incoming ICMP Ping traffic. To do this, the user can simply select 'Protocol' for Criteria and select 'ICMP' for its value. The purpose of this paper is to explain the terminology of Match... [03 Jul 2008]
Latency on a Line-Amplified, DWDM Backbone Network
White Paper It presents calculations of latency based on transmission delay through optical fiber segments and compares them to round-trip ping measurements made via the Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP). The comparison was made over two segments of a... [03 Jul 2008]
Measuring Link Bandwidths Using a Deterministic Model of Packet Delay
White Paper Compared to previously known techniques, packet tailgating usually consumes less network bandwidth, does not rely on consistent behavior of routers handling ICMP packets, and does not rely on timely delivery of acknowledgments. [03 Jul 2008]
Introduction to IP Version 6
White Paper This paper describes the problems of the IPv4 Internet and how they are addressed by IPv6, IPv6 addressing, the new IPv6 header and its extensions, the IPv6 replacements for the Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) and Internet Group... [06 Jun 2008]
BECN for Congestion Control in TCP/IP Networks: Study and Comparative Evaluation
White Paper This paper considers an enhanced algorithm for BECN which uses Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) Source Quenches for backward congestion notification in IP networks and undertake comparative performance evaluation of RED, ECN and the... [05 Dec 2007]
Ajax Fingerprinting for Web 2.0 Applications
White Paper Each one of these tools uses a different method - inspecting the TCP stack, ICMP responses, HTTP responses. Fingerprinting is an age old concept and one that adds great value to assessment methodologies. [03 Jul 2007]
Cisco Security Advisory: Crafted IP Option Vulnerability
White Paper The vulnerability may be exploited after processing an Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) packet, Protocol Independent Multicast version 2 (PIMv2) packet, Pragmatic General Multicast (PGM) packet, or URL Rendezvous Directory (URD) packet... [09 Jun 2007]
IT pros need to understand IP scanning as well as hackers do -- here's how
White Paper The rationale behind IP network scanning is to gain insight into the following elements of a given network: ICMP message types that generate responses from target hosts Accessible TCP and UDP network services running on the target hosts Operating... [19 May 2006]
Project WISQY: A Measurement-Based End-to-End Application-Level Performance Comparison of 2.5G and 3G Networks
White Paper Starting from raw TCP/IP download and upload transfer rates and ICMP Ping round-trip-times, the paper ends up with page response times and file transfer rates for simulated HTTP/1.0 scenarios. The imminent transition from 2.5G to 3G networks is... [21 Nov 2005]
Microsoft keeps schtum over IP breach allegations
News The vulnerability is in the way ICMP error messages are handled and would allow hackers to reset connections between computers and stop activity, such as VoIP conversations, from working. Microsoft has refused to comment over allegations that... [15 Apr 2005]
Estimating Router ICMP Generation Delays
White Paper A number of Internet measurement techniques rely on eliciting ICMP replies from routers in-side the network. The approach is based on sending packets with spoofed source addresses, some with sufficient TTL to travel all the way to the destination... [29 Apr 2004]
The Latest In Denial Of Service Attacks : "Smurfing" Description And Information To Minimize Effects
White Paper A perpetrator sends a large amount of ICMP echo (ping) traffic at IP broadcast addresses, all of it having a spoofed source address of a victim. If the routing device delivering traffic to those broadcast addresses performs the IP broadcast to... [02 Apr 2004]
ICMP Usage in Scanning: the Complete Know-How
White Paper The ICMP Protocol may seem harmless at first glance. ICMP is one of the most controversial protocols in the TCP/IP protocol suite. The risks involved in implementing the ICMP protocol in a network, regarding scanning, are the subject of this... [24 Feb 2004]
ICMP Stands for Trouble
White Paper The Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) is simple, as Internet protocols go. Originally described in RFC 792 by Jon Postel, ICMP provides a way for IP stacks to send simple messages containing information or errors. [24 Feb 2004]
