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ICMP Domain Name Request

info Nessus Plugin ID 20887

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Synopsis

The remote host answers to ICMP 'domain name' messages.

Description

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

If you do not use this feature, filter out incoming ICMP packets of type 37 and outgoing ICMP packets of type 38.

See Also

http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1788.txt

Plugin Details

Severity: Info

ID: 20887

File Name: icmp_domain_name.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: remote

Family: General

Published: 2/12/2006

Updated: 4/11/2022

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus