On 26/08/14, Karl E. Jorgensen (k...@jorgensen.org.uk) wrote: > > sysctl --system > > * Applying /etc/sysctl.d/99-sysctl.conf ... > > net.ipv4.icmp_echo_ignore_all = 0 > > net.ipv4.icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts = 0 > > These caught my eye: Ignore all ICMP ? That would stop ping > (a.k.a. ICMP echo) from working, wouldn't it? Thanks for the suggestion, but according to /usr/src/linux/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
icmp_echo_ignore_all - BOOLEAN
If set non-zero, then the kernel will ignore all ICMP ECHO
requests sent to it.
Default: 0
icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts - BOOLEAN
If set non-zero, then the kernel will ignore all ICMP ECHO and
TIMESTAMP requests sent to it via broadcast/multicast.
Default: 1
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