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    SNORT - Unusual ping detected

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      ciscoboy
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      Hi !

      Good day.

      Im new to Pfsense & just recently installed Squid & Snort. Squid is working properly w/ whiltelist. But Im having problem with snort. I received alerts ->  PROTOCOL-ICMP Unusual PING detected. Ping from ISP -> LAN Gateway

      Any advice is highly appreciated.

      Thank you.
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        bmeeks
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        @ciscoboy:

        Hi !

        Good day.

        Im new to Pfsense & just recently installed Squid & Snort. Squid is working properly w/ whiltelist. But Im having problem with snort. I received alerts ->  PROTOCOL-ICMP Unusual PING detected. Ping from ISP -> LAN Gateway

        Any advice is highly appreciated.

        Thank you.

        According to this recent update from the Snort VRT folks –- http://23.21.0.12/vrt/docs/ruleset_changelogs/2956/changes-2014-02-06.html –-
        that rule should be disabled.  Did you manually enable it?

        Bill

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          ciscoboy
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          Thanks a lot Bill..!

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