Firestarter: how to block Ping requests?

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  1. Pain of Salvation

    Pain of Salvation Registered Member

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    The firestartet didnt passed the GRC ShieldsUP test, because it replied to the Ping request. How can I block it?
     
    Pain of Salvation, Feb 5, 2006
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  2. CrazyM

    CrazyM Firewall Expert

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    What rules are currently in place for ICMP?
    Anything else that could be impacting this, ie. a router?

    Regards,

    CrazyM
     
    CrazyM, Feb 6, 2006
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  3. Pain of Salvation

    Pain of Salvation Registered Member

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    There is no rule for ICMP... which one should I check?
     
    Pain of Salvation, Feb 6, 2006
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  4. iceni60

    iceni60 ( ^o^)

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    it's Preferences>ICMP filtering> then tick Echo reply (pong)

    i have Unreachable ticked too.

    OT and rant
    i think i'm going to give up computers, when i just checked my Firestarter setup i had echo request (ping) ticked from when i last needed it - about 2 WEEKS AGO :oops:
     
    iceni60, Feb 6, 2006
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