[GTALUG] Ubuntu -- Disabling Ping

[Scott Allen]

On Thu, 30 Aug 2018 at 11:57, James Knott via talk <talk at gtalug.org> wrote:
> For example traceroute will simply time out if the device
> doesn't respond, but there is a route to it.

For a device that doesn't respond, traceroute only tells you that you
can get to the network that the device is on (you can determine that
Bloor St. exists). There could be many addresses on that network
(especially for IPV6), many of which may be vacant.

But again, I was only trying to give a better analogy, not defend
ignoring pings.

-- 
Scott