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Out of curiosity, why would you drop echo requests or replies? I know the normal thought is "So no one will know if the IP is in use or not," but that argument
by scurvy 11y ago
Out of curiosity, why would you drop echo requests or replies? I know the normal thought is "So no one will know if the IP is in use or not," but that argument doesn't hold water. Scanning toolkits have been fast enough for the past decade to skip ICMP altogether. They know you're home even with ICMP blocked.
Edited for spelling