| Grex > Agora35 > #136: help with pinging |
| help with pinging | 
Nov 3 23:14 UTC 2000 |
why does is say permission denied when trying to ping a web site
| response 1 of 2: |
Nov 4 00:23 UTC 2000 |
Because the ping program, while being useful for diagnostic purposes, can also be used for some somewhat powerful denial of service attacks, and was being abused for such.
| response 2 of 2: |
Nov 20 20:14 UTC 2000 |
They probily got a fire wall up. My fire wall hides all ports unless used by a program.