[SunHELP] ping

Mike sunhelp at sunhelp.org
Sun Sep 30 23:22:56 CDT 2001


I believe on most systems, this is built into the kernel. Not sure if it's a
standard for hosts to reply to echo requests. You could setup a firewall and
block unwanted icmp requests.

What are you trying to do? What operating system is this host? How is this
relevant to the Sunhelp list? :)

Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sangbutsarakum, Patai" <patais at reach.com>
To: <sunhelp at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2001 11:08 PM
Subject: [SunHELP] ping


> Dear folks
> How can I disable ping reply on my host? or even can screen which IP will
> reply.?
> In case machine haven't standed behind the firewall.
>
> Thank in advance
> Pat.
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