Details
This setting controls whether Solaris responds to broadcast ICMPv4 echo requests.
Reduce attack surface by restricting this vector used for host discovery and to prevent denial of service attacks.
Solution
To enforce this setting, use the command:
# ipadm set-prop -p _respond_to_echo_broadcast=0 ip
Supportive Information
The following resource is also helpful.
This security hardening control applies to the following category of controls within NIST 800-53: System and Communications Protection.This control applies to the following type of system Unix.