Q:
Topic thread:
AIX Family Software/RISC Hardware (IX)
RISCSYSTEM SOFTWARE
COMMUNICATIONS
CHECKPOINT FIREWALL
IX RISCCOM
Problem:
Customer is testing his firewall with help of a software called
ISS. This testing software generates a report showing all de-
tected possible security "holes".
The report references the "traceroute" as a low risk security
issue.
Question:
Is it possible to disable the "traceroute response" function
in the AIX 4.1 or 4.2 environment?
A:
In order to disable traceroute, you may wish to change the permissions
on /usr/bin/traceroute. The following command will disable traceroute:
chmod 400 /usr/bin/traceroute
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