I got a weird network problem:<BR>My machine acts as if it's disconnected from the internet, except, I can ping stuff (like google) and get a reply. Firefox, gaim, apt, nothing else works. <BR><BR>But ...

Ping commands are very useful, but would-be attackers often use them to identify systems. To prevent that, we show you how to get your system to ignore these requests. The ping command sends one or ...