[GTALUG] Ubuntu -- Disabling Ping

James Knott james.knott at jknott.net
Thu Aug 30 11:35:48 EDT 2018


On 08/30/2018 11:24 AM, Mauro Souza via talk wrote:
> Because of NAT, nobody can really ping your internal system.

There are many networks that do not use NAT.  In fact, it's rarely used
on IPv6.  Regardless, there are other ways of finding a router or
computer that do not use ping.  Blocking ping provides a false sense of
security.



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