Show pagesourceBack to top Share via Share via... Twitter LinkedIn Telegram Yammer RedditRecent ChangesSend via e-MailPrintPermalink × Table of Contents Commands disabling ICMP See also ICMP (ping) Ping can be used to see if a route to the target system exists. The ICMP protocol can be leveraged to get an answer so you know the remote system is actually powered on. Commands from specific source IP ping -S 127.0.0.1 tilde.fun from primary IP of interface ping -S eth0 tilde.fun disabling ICMP This should never be done as security by obscurity isn't actually security1. Pinging hosts is a low-tech way to debug network problems and you're definitely not doing yourself or others2 any favors by disabling it. See also 🇩🇪 Ping (Windows) [1] Disabling ICMP and SNMP won’t increase security, but will impact network monitoring (Wayne Tolliver, Paessler.com, 2020-2022) [2] users, customers Last modified: 2022-03-04 10:36