Re: About ping request?

From: Patrick Morris (pmorris@wilshire.com)
Date: 05/20/02 

Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 11:06:31 -0700
From: Patrick Morris <pmorris@wilshire.com>

I'd have to disagree. You'd be amazed what kinds of nastiness can be
hidden in traffic disguised as a ping.

As with any other traffic, the best policy to follow (in my opinion,
of course) is to not allow it if you don't need it.

Jens Benecke schrieb am Monday, den 20. May 2002:

> IMHO: blocking ping requests is a common beginner's mistake, or rather,
> useless action. If you block ping requests you will make diagnosing your
> network harder and some services will run slower.