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Mar 042010
 

Disable reply to ping

Answer:

To stop other machine from pinging your machine, you the following command

# sysctl -w net.ipv4.icmp_echo_ignore_all=1

To turn it on again:

# sysctl -w net.ipv4.icmp_echo_ignore_all=0

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