From c5e0263735e5d40661813eb6f3247e8abb4f8269 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bob Mottram Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2014 08:37:12 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Link --- beaglebone.txt | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/beaglebone.txt b/beaglebone.txt index 31f38308..b6e4962f 100644 --- a/beaglebone.txt +++ b/beaglebone.txt @@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ chmod +x /etc/network/if-up.d/iptables rm /tmp/firewall.sh #+END_SRC -Also disable ping. This may be inconvenient to some extent, but it seems common for malicious systems to try to disable the machine by flooding it with pings. +Also disable ping. This may be inconvenient to some extent, but it seems common for malicious systems, including but not limited to the [[http://www.nbcnews.com/news/investigations/snowden-docs-british-spies-used-sex-dirty-tricks-n23091][JTRIG "EFFECTS" team]], to try to disable the machine by flooding it with pings. These days there seems to be not much difference between "cybercrime" and nefarious state-sponsored internet activities. #+BEGIN_SRC: bash emacs /etc/sysctl.conf