[GTALUG] Ubuntu -- Disabling Ping

Jamon Camisso jamon.camisso at utoronto.ca
Thu Aug 30 08:20:21 EDT 2018


On 29/08/18 21:44, Howard Gibson via talk wrote:
>    I am playing with my hack Ubuntu machine, and I am sorting out
> security. I want to disable ping.  This is a laptop, and I want to
> document the application of aluminium foil.

Could you elaborate a bit about how disabling ICMP enhances security of
this system? I'm curious what kind of information you're trying to
control with it off.

Cheers, Jamon


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