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> Is it possible to block ping requests on a masq'd box using ipchains?
> Maybe this is really not an issue. I am new to this and was thinking if
> this is possible, maybe it could stop one from randomly pinging an
> address and attempting to crack it.
/sbin/ipchains -A input -j DENY -s 0.0.0.0/0 8 -d <your.ip.addy>/32 -p icmp
Will block all icmp echo requests (pings) incoming to you machine. you (I
think can still ping out.
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