Re: configuring red-hat to stop responding to ping requests

[rpjday]

On Fri, 30 Mar 2001, Mike Watson wrote:

> That triggers a question in me... Which port does ping use?  Port 7?

it doesn't.  ping is not based on tcp or udp, it's based on icmp,
and is handled directly by the kernel, unless something has changed
*drastically*.

rday

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Robert P. J. Day
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