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  • December 7, 2001 at 10:23 am #2130812

    Disable Ping

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    by beergod · about 20 years, 5 months ago

    I want to prevent my machine from answering ICMP echo requests to prevent people from pinging my gateway server that’s connected to the Internet. Kind of like Microsoft’s website. Can this be done on Win2K?

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    • December 7, 2001 at 10:37 am #3546784

      Disable Ping

      by legj1 · about 20 years, 5 months ago

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      Check out Q293626 on http://www.microsoft.com\Support\Knowledge Base

      Hope this helps answer your question. Ho Ho Ho!

      • December 7, 2001 at 10:48 am #3546781

        Disable Ping

        by beergod · about 20 years, 5 months ago

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        Thanks but I already read that article in TechNet. That won’t prevent echo’s, only redirects for routing purposes.

    • December 7, 2001 at 1:59 pm #3546724

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      by curacao_dejavu · about 20 years, 5 months ago

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      I do not think it’s possible without a 3th party software.
      You would need http://www.zonealarm or http://www.winroute.com product for that.

      Leopold

      • December 10, 2001 at 9:55 am #3567686

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        by beergod · about 20 years, 5 months ago

        In reply to Disable Ping

        I’m already using one of those products but they only let me know what someone is doing but don’t let me completely disable it from happening. These programs are good for closing ports and preventing apps from communicating but pings are designed topass through firewalls, that’s where the problem lies.

    • December 11, 2001 at 5:32 am #3569503

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      by ckilday · about 20 years, 5 months ago

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      A question: do you have a router on the “outside” of your gateway? If so, you might consider blocking icmp ping/ping response there instead of at the gateway itself. I also believe that you can turn off pings at the firewall as well. I know I never get a response from our security devices (PIX and Checkpoint1 firewalls) when I try to ping them. Just proposing an alternative. Best wishes.
      – ck

      • December 11, 2001 at 6:51 am #3569449

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        by beergod · about 20 years, 5 months ago

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        Currently the Gateway is acting as a “router” and the firewall software we are using is running on the Gateway machine, but only temporarily until we get our PIX and routers installed. (We are a startup company) But Thanks.

    • December 11, 2001 at 10:14 am #3569353

      Disable Ping

      by beergod · about 20 years, 5 months ago

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