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  3. May 2004

Re: Turn off PING server on AS/400

Hi Albert,

> I need to be able to have the AS/400 not respond to PINGs without shutting
> down TCP/IP.
>
> I looked in the archives but I can't see anything about it.
> Is there a simple way to do this?

Ping is a little bit different from other TCP/IP applications, in that
there's no "ping server."  Ping is implemented at a lower-level, it's part
of the TCP/IP stack itself.

The best way to disable it is by blocking ICMP echo packets with a
firewall.

Can I ask why you want to disable it?

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