---
name: "firewalld.icmptype"
section: "5"
platform: "linux"
package: "firewalld"
version: "2.5.2-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/firewalld.icmptype"
---

# firewalld.icmptype(5)

firewalld icmptype configuration files

## NAME

firewalld.icmptype - firewalld icmptype configuration files

## SYNOPSIS

```
/etc/firewalld/icmptypes/icmptype.xml
/usr/lib/firewalld/icmptypes/icmptype.xml
```

## DESCRIPTION

A firewalld icmptype configuration file provides the information for an Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) type for firewalld.

This example configuration file shows the structure of an icmptype configuration file:

```
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<icmptype>
  <short>My Icmptype</short>
  <description>description</description>
  <destination ipv4="yes" ipv6="yes"/>
</icmptype>
```

## OPTIONS

The config can contain these tags and attributes. Some of them are mandatory, others optional.

### icmptype

The mandatory icmptype start and end tag defines the icmptype. This tag can only be used once in an icmptype configuration file. This tag has optional attributes:

version="*string*"

To give the icmptype a version.

### short

Is an optional start and end tag and is used to give an icmptype a more readable name.

### description

Is an optional start and end tag to have a description for a icmptype.

### destination

Is an optional empty-element tag and can be used only once. The destination tag specifies if an icmptype entry is available for IPv4 and/or IPv6. The default is IPv4 and IPv6, where this tag can be missing.

ipv4="*bool*"

Describes if the icmptype is available for IPv4.

ipv6="*bool*"

Describes if the icmptype is available for IPv6.

## SEE ALSO

[**firewall-applet**(1)](/firewall-applet/1.md), [**firewalld**(1)](/firewalld/1.md), [**firewall-cmd**(1)](/firewall-cmd/1.md), [**firewall-config**(1)](/firewall-config/1.md), [**firewalld.conf**(5)](/firewalld.conf/5.md), [**firewalld.direct**(5)](/firewalld.direct/5.md), [**firewalld.dbus**(5)](/firewalld.dbus/5.md), [**firewalld.icmptype**(5)](/firewalld.icmptype/5.md), [**firewall-offline-cmd**(1)](/firewall-offline-cmd/1.md), [**firewalld.richlanguage**(5)](/firewalld.richlanguage/5.md), [**firewalld.service**(5)](/firewalld.service/5.md), [**firewalld.zone**(5)](/firewalld.zone/5.md), [**firewalld.zones**(5)](/firewalld.zones/5.md), [**firewalld.policy**(5)](/firewalld.policy/5.md), [**firewalld.policies**(5)](/firewalld.policies/5.md), [**firewalld.ipset**(5)](/firewalld.ipset/5.md), [**firewalld.helper**(5)](/firewalld.helper/5.md)

## NOTES

firewalld home page:

**http://firewalld.org**

## AUTHORS

**Thomas Woerner** \<twoerner@redhat.com\>

Developer

**Jiri Popelka** \<jpopelka@redhat.com\>

Developer

**Eric Garver** \<eric@garver.life\>

Developer