Re: [tlug] Ping vs www server

[Curt Sampson <cjs@example.com>]

On 2008-04-10 17:33 -0400 (Thu), Scott Robbins wrote:

> Yes, I was simplifying.  My own scottro.net won't respond to pings
> either.  

BTW, someone want to explain to me why people do this?

It's not as if it's going to stop any serious attacker, who's not even
going to bother with ping, but go directly to trying attacks. However, it
does do a good job of making debugging more difficult for the good guys.

cjs
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