RE: how to stop ping response...

From: Gregory_DeGennaro@csaa.com
Date: 08/29/01 

Message-ID: <97E963187BE1D211AF210008C7916094062C88C3@EXCHMO03>
From: Gregory_DeGennaro@csaa.com
To: mpemble@isintegration.com, rakesh@isac.ernet.in, security-basics@securityfocus.com
Subject: RE: how to stop ping response...
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 08:15:24 -0700

>The Unix echo service, on TCP and UDP port 7, is not the same as the
>ICMP echo (Type 8) & echo reply service (Type 0).

Which is in /etc/inetd.conf or xinetd.conf

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