denying ping

Mitch Oliver mitch_v_oliver at yahoo.com
Tue Mar 9 13:19:34 UTC 2004


If all you want to do is ignore ping requests, turn off the "echo"
service, either using redhat-config-services or ntsysv.

The ping command just sends out an echo request to the server.  Without
echo, the server cannot respond to ping requests.

On Mon, 08 Mar 2004 22:00:22 -0500
russell <simmonsr at verizon.net> wrote:

> I'm trying to deny ping access on my new fedora box.  I run:  #  echo
> 1 
>  > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/icmp_echo_ignore_all, but this doen't work. 
>  > Does 
> anyone have any ideas how to deny icmp requests on fedora? 
> 
> tia
> 
> russell
> 
> 
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