HACKER Q&A
📣 nickburns

Is it well known that iOS devices transmit large ICMP echo/replies?


and if so, with what kind of data encapsulated?

i've observed this behavior in packet captures while blocking/unblocking/reblocking ICMP outbound ping.


  👤 nullindividual Accepted Answer ✓
Can you provide an example from network logs? ICMP packets are plain text readable [0]. What do you see?

> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Control_Message_Proto...


👤 ahazred8ta
Yes, it is well known. Google "Apple large ping attack debunk"