Ping (ICMP Echo)

Steve C. Lamb grey at dmiyu.org
Wed Oct 8 17:01:31 UTC 2008


On Wed, Oct 08, 2008 at 10:56:48AM -0600, Dustin Breese wrote:
> Check out the ICMP options under Edit->Preferences.
> 
> On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 9:39 AM, William Biggs <kc8pdr at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I installed firestarter and enable it but I did a port scan and I get
> > feed back on Ping (ICMP Echo) how do I turn off it ?

    Bleh, top posters.  Bad advice, Dustin.  William, why do you want to turn
off ping?  It serves 0 purpose and is harmful to do so.

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