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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