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nothing from that machine, but the way the ttls work, it doesn’t affect the responses from routers along the way. Same if the destination doesn’t exist at all.
by dec0dedab0de 2y ago
nothing from that machine, but the way the ttls work, it doesn’t affect the responses from routers along the way. Same if the destination doesn’t exist at all.
- mannyv 2y agoTotally untrue. Network admins will often disable traceroute responses because security. Edit: the less someone knows about your internal topology the better. Security through obscurity does work.
- ru552 2y ago~~ Security through obscurity does work. As a layer.
- Hikikomori 2y agoWindows disables ping by default for what I'm guessing is security.
- dec0dedab0de 2y agoI was answering a question about what happens if it is disabled on the destination machine. The destination machine has no say over any other device along the route.