I am being pinged

[Bill Douglas]

ping

[slodave]

pong

[KFC911]

Nack, Nack!

Who's there?

[Bill Douglas]

A ping pong player?

[BGCarrera32]

Ping them over the head with a Ping

[HardDrive]

Ping is a low level 'Ya out thar good buddy?'. It uses a protocol called ICMP. Frequently blocked (meaning folks simply don't respond to it) on the internet. Frequently used on internal networks for 'can you hear me now?' type troubleshooting.

The only issue here is telling your software to quite bugging you about it.

[cl8ton]

Looking for a sonar reflection from someone as you stated, you have already banned
There are millions of surfers out there and there not all nice!

What HardDrive said

[slodave]

Originally Posted by cl8ton

There are millions of surfers out there and there not all nice!

Which is why I blocked every I.P. except for Pelican Parts...

[cl8ton]

I run my own web/email servers from a home office (yea I know I am nuts)
I keep a sharp eye on my edge routers, always amazed at the intrusions detected on a daily basis

I once brought up a new outward facing server unprotected for 24 hrs and was hosting furry boots on eBay! (my bad...never again!)

Originally Posted by slodave

Which is why I blocked every I.P. except for Pelican Parts...

[slodave]

Originally Posted by cl8ton

I run my own web/email servers from a home office (yea I know I am nuts)
I keep a sharp eye on my edge routers, always amazed at the intrusions detected on a daily basis

I once brought up a new outward facing server unprotected for 24 hrs and was hosting furry boots on eBay! (my bad...never again!)

I run my own servers as well, but I gave up looking at the logs many years ago. I only look when I really need to . Until I installed a new firewall server, I had software that would automatically block an I.P. that sniffed certain ports. My firewall only has a handful of ports open (incoming), ping is not one of them.

[KFC911]

I've never rated a thread, and typically don't notice them, but who gave a "geek thread" like this 5 stars? Since I "am/was" a networking/communications geek, Dave, I must point out that blocking "ports" will not stop pings as they are not port specific, but a different protocol ICMP (as posted above) verses TCP or UDP. I'm kinky as I've had intimate relationships with Checkpoint firewalls and Cisco gear after a LONG time relationship with IBM mainframes and front end processors (communications controllers). Sometimes I miss "being in the game"...but not often

[jeffgrant]

Meh.

Real men play in Layer 7.

[KFC911]

I go "top to bottom" or "bottom to top"...just kinky that way. I'll even sweep the floor, but I won't do windows

[stealthn]

Quite the pocket protector crowd in here

Ping = Packet internet groper......you've been groped

[slodave]

Originally Posted by KC911

I've never rated a thread, and typically don't notice them, but who gave a "geek thread" like this 5 stars? Since I "am/was" a networking/communications geek, Dave, I must point out that blocking "ports" will not stop pings as they are not port specific, but a different protocol ICMP (as posted above) verses TCP or UDP. I'm kinky as I've had intimate relationships with Checkpoint firewalls and Cisco gear after a LONG time relationship with IBM mainframes and front end processors (communications controllers). Sometimes I miss "being in the game"...but not often

Well, excuse me for lumping it all together. The point is, my server does not reply to pings.

$ ping ns1
PING ns1 (192.168.0.33) from 192.168.0.34 : 56(84) bytes of data.

--- ns1 ping statistics ---
16 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss

[KFC911]

Sorry 'bout that Dave...told ya I was a GEEK . Actually, I loved being a techie, but grew tired of the corporate bs...

[NICKG]

i thought 5 stars was reserved for boobs, knive, guns or food threads...mainly boob threads

[m21sniper]

I'm being pinged

Are you in a submarine?

FULL RIGHT RUDDER, ALL AHEAD FLANK! RELEASE PORT NOISE MAKERS!

LOL...