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RE: [Full-Disclosure] [Tool] HardTCP "Hardening TCP/IP" + SOURCE
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- Subject: RE: [Full-Disclosure] [Tool] HardTCP "Hardening TCP/IP" + SOURCE
- From: DWreck <dwr3ckmailbox-fulldisclosure@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 07:45:20 -0700 (PDT)
Need to be careful when hardening the stack:
DefVal(8).Text =
GetDWORDValue("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters",
"EnablePmtuDiscovery")
If DefVal(8).Text = "Error" Then DefVal(8).Text = "NP"
Disabling PMTU discovery sets the default MTU to 576 for all foreign networks.
In a properly segmented environment this setting can cause 3X the amount of
packets sent between VLANs.
DefVal(11).Text =
GetDWORDValue("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters",
"PerformRouterDiscovery")
If DefVal(11).Text = "Error" Then DefVal(11).Text = "NP"
Note: Make sure IDRP is not in use in the client?s perimeter network.
Also, since the interface name changes whenever NICs are added/removed, keeping
this edit in can be rough in large environments.
As for the rest, I've had 0 issues with the settings when implementing across
2000+ servers.
Thanks,
DWreck
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