{"id":3564,"date":"2016-03-07T06:26:29","date_gmt":"2016-03-07T06:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/?p=3564"},"modified":"2021-02-06T06:26:35","modified_gmt":"2021-02-06T06:26:35","slug":"disable-ping-response-in-linux-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/disable-ping-response-in-linux-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Disable ping response in Linux system"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Usually ping is a small packet sent to a machine to check if machine is up. The ping response from an IP indicates the machine is up. You may want to disable ping replies for many reasons, may be for a security reason, or to avoid network congestion.<!--more--><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Someone can flood the network with ping and this can be used to find potential hack-able machines.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">So it can be a best practice for system security to disable the ping.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Disable Ping using iptables<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">You can simply block ping responses directly from firewall in any Linux systems.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"command-sh\">\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true \"># iptables -A INPUT -p icmp --icmp-type echo-request -j DROP<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Block Ping with Kernel Parameter<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We can also block ping responses from system by directly updating kernel parameters. In this we can block ping responses temporarily or permanently as below.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Block Ping Temporarily<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">You can temporarily block ping responses,Add the following line to your init script for the network (the name depends on the distribution you use):<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"command-sh\">\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true \">echo 1 &gt;\/proc\/sys\/net\/ipv4\/icmp_echo_ignore_all<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This will disables ping responses.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">To re enable it, use the following command:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"command-sh\">\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true \">echo 0 &gt;\/proc\/sys\/net\/ipv4\/icmp_echo_ignore_all<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Block Ping Permanently<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">You can block it permanently by setting following parameter in \/<strong>etc\/sysctl.conf<\/strong> configuration file<\/span>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cpanel-files\"><\/div>\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true \">net.ipv4.icmp_echo_ignore_all = 1<\/pre>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Now execute following command to apply settings immediately without rebooting system.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"command-sh\">\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true \"># sysctl -p<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Usually ping is a small packet sent to a machine to check if machine is up. 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