>It's always a good idea to disable pings from the outside to your internal >network. [...] Truth is, I'm getting a bit worried about the general approach to security, which is becoming "disable everything from the outside." I think we should focus on making these remote protocols safe, rather than disabling them. Ping is very useful. So is finger. So too are lots of other remote functions that are increasingly blocked. Is there really no way to make these secure? Or are we just taking the easy way out? -Joel Hoffman
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