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ICMP domain name request
Information
Severity
Severity
Informational
Family
Family
Service detection
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
0.0
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:N
Solution Type
Solution Type
Mitigation
Created
Created
15 years ago
Modified
Modified
1 year ago
Summary
The remote host answered to an ICMP 'Domain Name Request' as defined in RFC 1788. Such a request is designed to obtain the DNS name of a host based on its IP.
Solution
Solution
If you do not use this feature, filter out incoming ICMP packets of type 37 and outgoing ICMP packets of type 38.