Re: making a machine non pingable

From: Bernd Eckenfels (ecki-news2002-01@lina.inka.de)
Date: 01/11/02

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    From: Bernd Eckenfels <ecki-news2002-01@lina.inka.de>
Date: 11 Jan 2002 00:16:17 GMT

    Xman <imiller@bsd.uchicago.edu> wrote:
    > I know it can be done how do I make a unix box unpingable but still allow
    > ftp and ssh access?

    Just block icmp with the unix box's packet filter. But be sure to allow
    traffic control ICMP messages.

    Actually it is not a good idea and does not help anything to do it.

    Greetings
    Bernd

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