[GTALUG] Ubuntu -- Disabling Ping

[James Knott]

On 08/30/2018 11:00 AM, Howard Gibson via talk wrote:
> I am assuming that someone will use ping to search a network for interesting stuff.  If the IP address does not respond to ping, the cracker will keep searching.

What happens if they ping an address behind the router.  There are many
networks that don't use NAT, so other devices will also have a reachable
address.  In fact, on IPv6, NAT is generally not used.