On Wed, 30 Aug 2000, Danny Pansters wrote:
> On Tue, 29 Aug 2000, Nick wrote:
> > how do you stop linux from replying to pings like
> >
> > microsoft does. you can't ping www.microsoft.com or www.msn.com
> >
> > thankx nick
>
> OK, I got curious since it involves icmp, so it's not done in
> /et
On Tue, Aug 29, 2000 at 03:35:57PM -0700, Joey Hess wrote:
> If you won't answer pings, what's the point of being on the net at all?
Just because you don't answer pings, doesn't mean that you can't do
everything else.
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John_
On Tue, 29 Aug 2000, Nick wrote:
> how do you stop linux from replying to pings like
>
> microsoft does. you can't ping www.microsoft.com or www.msn.com
>
> thankx nick
OK, I got curious since it involves icmp, so it's not done in
/etc/inetd.conf, and I didn't know how to do it.
All I can say i
On Tue, Aug 29, 2000 at 02:24:25PM -0700, Nick wrote:
> how do you stop linux from replying to pings like
>
> microsoft does. you can't ping www.microsoft.com or www.msn.com
Too bad you can still get to their web site(s).
I agree with joeyh that disabling pings is silly and fairly
unfriendly to
Nick wrote:
> how do you stop linux from replying to pings like
Find the big cable leading in to your box. Disconnect it.
If you won't answer pings, what's the point of being on the net at all?
"ICMP is actually an integral part of IP, and must be implemented by every
IP module" -- RFC 792.
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on Tue, Aug 29, 2000 at 02:24:25PM -0700, Nick spewed forth on stone tablets:
> how do you stop linux from replying to pings like
> microsoft does. you can't ping www.microsoft.com or www.msn.com
This is probably occurring because microsoft's servers are behind a
firewall blocking ICMP pings. I
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