Re: Ping

[Larry Bolhuis <lbolhui@xxxxxxx>]

Bruce,
> 
> Offhand, I don't think that it is "turnoffable". I think it is part of the
> base protocol, like if TCP is up, then ping works, if TCP is broken, ping
> don't work. There is no entry in the service table for it so it is not on a
> port so you could turn it off. Additionally, since all the doc says to
> verify, ping, I would think my first statement is true.

With V4R4 you can define Filter Rules on the AS/400 via OpsNav.  In there you 
can
stop PING (ICMP requests) from going In, Out or Both.  *CAUTION* Do not try this
on your production system until you understand Filter rules and their behavior 
on
the AS/400!!!!

 - Larry

ps: Be carefull about getting your Network help from a DataBase guy!  ;-)

pps: As someone else mentioned, the best place to do this is at your firewall.

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