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    "Island Bartender" KG4CGC's Avatar
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    Pinged all devices on the Internet

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/0...ushpmg00000063

    Just thought this might be a bit interesting to those of us who have not yet seen it.

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    Pretty cool, but probably incomplete. Many Internet-connected devices (including my router) are configured so as to not respond to pings from the WAN.
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    Quote Originally Posted by KJ6BSO View Post
    Pretty cool, but probably incomplete. Many Internet-connected devices (including my router) are configured so as to not respond to pings from the WAN.
    Surely not complete, but I'd hazard it's a some-what reasonable sample sizing, to demonstrate connectivity.

    But yes, definitely not complete. Security Rule 1: Don't answer requests from a party you don't need to. ie, turn off ICMP replies.
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    Set up the router not to react to pinging so they missed me ;)
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    Quote Originally Posted by PA5COR View Post
    Set up the router not to react to pinging so they missed me ;)
    Don't worry, I have alerted them to this oversight. They will arrive shortly to paint a shiny red Internet dot on your roof.

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    With red rooftiles that won't be a problem read camo?
    "If the Republicans will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop
    telling the truth about them." - Adlai Stevenson (1900-1965)
    “I’m not liberal/conservative, I’m anti-idiotarian.”
    At some point in the last 20 years, the left moved to the center, and the right moved into a mental institution

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