Digital BW, The Print

> Giving your internet connection stealth status is
> one way to ensure you get the maximum speed from your connection.

It also prevents network problems from being tracked correctly, since
your machine is effectively invisible.  If you are operating any kind of
server, it's a good idea to answer pings.  If your machine is strictly a
client, it's less important, but then again, it's less of a risk, too
(since you should have fewer ports open).