Digital BW, The Print

it is fairly standard practice in the security arena
to discard ping protocol requests. The siemens is a
pretty good device and you got a great price on it.

brentley


--- sceptre12345 <am1000@...> wrote:
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com,
> "Anthony G. 
> Atkielski" <anthony@a...> wrote:
> > > Ping requests are sent by, amongst others,
> hackers and spammers
> > > looking for unprotected computers which they can
> later use for 
> > > massive email spamming or even denial of service
> attacks.
> > 
> > If your system/network is otherwise secure,
> there's no harm in
> > responding to pings.
> 
> 
> "Ping is a network troubleshooting utility. It asks
> your computer to 
> acknowledge its existence. If your computer responds
> positively to a 
> ping, hackers are more likely to target your
> computer."