Comment by kube-system 2 years ago Anybody can do this same thing, if you're worried about this, you probably don't want inbound ICMP. 5 comments kube-system Reply chaps 2 years ago Cool. Thanks. But let's say I do. kube-system 2 years ago Then there's nothing you can do. If you respond to pings, then others can take note of the responses you send. chaps 2 years ago You're missing the point that the question is effectively asking for a list of hosts that they can block.Edit: they provided a method: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37510063 1 reply → sgjohnson 2 years ago And if you don't respond to pings, a traceroute can still be used to find the hop before yours, which will almost certainly achieve the same result for geolocation purposes.
chaps 2 years ago Cool. Thanks. But let's say I do. kube-system 2 years ago Then there's nothing you can do. If you respond to pings, then others can take note of the responses you send. chaps 2 years ago You're missing the point that the question is effectively asking for a list of hosts that they can block.Edit: they provided a method: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37510063 1 reply → sgjohnson 2 years ago And if you don't respond to pings, a traceroute can still be used to find the hop before yours, which will almost certainly achieve the same result for geolocation purposes.
kube-system 2 years ago Then there's nothing you can do. If you respond to pings, then others can take note of the responses you send. chaps 2 years ago You're missing the point that the question is effectively asking for a list of hosts that they can block.Edit: they provided a method: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37510063 1 reply → sgjohnson 2 years ago And if you don't respond to pings, a traceroute can still be used to find the hop before yours, which will almost certainly achieve the same result for geolocation purposes.
chaps 2 years ago You're missing the point that the question is effectively asking for a list of hosts that they can block.Edit: they provided a method: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37510063 1 reply →
sgjohnson 2 years ago And if you don't respond to pings, a traceroute can still be used to find the hop before yours, which will almost certainly achieve the same result for geolocation purposes.
Cool. Thanks. But let's say I do.
Then there's nothing you can do. If you respond to pings, then others can take note of the responses you send.
You're missing the point that the question is effectively asking for a list of hosts that they can block.
Edit: they provided a method: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37510063
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And if you don't respond to pings, a traceroute can still be used to find the hop before yours, which will almost certainly achieve the same result for geolocation purposes.