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Is ICMP stateful?

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    kathampy
    last edited by Jun 27, 2013, 12:00 PM

    If I allow all outbound ICMP, do I need to allow incoming ICMP for say Echo Reply in order to get a response?

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      dhatz
      last edited by Jun 27, 2013, 12:42 PM

      No, you don't.

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        jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
        last edited by Jun 28, 2013, 4:12 PM

        ICMP the protocol is not stateful, however, pf does keep state on ICMP in a timed fashion the same way it does for UDP (also stateless at the protocol level)

        As dhatz mentioned, you don't have to worry about the replies in rules, the state table will handle that.

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