Here’s how to filter or block ICMP address mask requests and replies.
On Redhat/CentOS, edit /etc/sysconfig/iptables and add the following lines
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p ICMP –icmp-type address-mask-request -j DROP
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p ICMP –icmp-type address-mask-reply -j DROP
and then run:
/sbin/iptables restart
Or run the following commands:
/sbin/iptables -I RH-Firewall-1-INPUT 1 -p ICMP –icmp-type address-mask-request -j DROP
/sbin/iptables -I RH-Firewall-1-INPUT 1 -p ICMP –icmp-type address-mask-reply -j DROP
/sbin/service iptables save
Recently on an Ubantu server we just added these lines to /etc/rc.local:
/sbin/iptables -I INPUT 1 -p ICMP –icmp-type address-mask-request -j DROP
/sbin/iptables -I INPUT 1 -p ICMP –icmp-type address-mask-reply -j DROP
