Re: Hi, how can I disalow ping request on my domain / ip apache web server ?
In article <[🔎] 20010128151158.A25255@tekilla.home.de>,
Willi Dyck <flateric@tekilla.homeip.net> wrote:
>to deny icmp (ping to say it your words :)) requests
>add an ipchain rule similar to this one:
>
>$IPCHAINS -A input -p icmp -s $REMOTENET -d $REMOTENET -j DENY
>(denieing icmp requests from the internet)
Never *EVER* do this. ICMP is an integral part of IP and is used
for much more than just echo requests. Blocking ICMP entirely
breaks your IP stack in many ways.
Read http://www.worldgate.com/~marcs/mtu/ and be enlightened.
Mike.
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