- Should i block pings on my router. By blocking ICMP echo requests, routers become less visible to network scanners and malicious actors. Given all that, my advice is, as always, take a measured and thoughtful approach to your protections. What is the best practice ? If we enable ping , how to protect the attack like ping of death,icmp flood ,spoofing ,etc ? Sure, block this if you really want at your border to your DMZ, but blocking ping traffic inside your network isn't going to get you much, except harder troubleshooting ("Can you ping your default gateway?", "No, but I never can, so that doesn't tell me anything!"). If there is no response or a delayed response, it means that the network is interrupted or the internet access is bad. Many network administrators implement this technique to reduce the attack surface of their infrastructure. Leaving the ping response enabled is just sending an invitation to hackers. Why people want to ignore Ping Packets from WAN Port? 1. Sep 23, 2022 · Hi , I noticed that some network disable the ping and some security engineer disable the ping in network. If you're getting technical like that article is referring, you wouldn't be using ping to troubleshoot anyways, at least in my experience. Feb 28, 2024 · You can prevent ping attacks by configuring your firewall, adding filters to your router, looking at spoofed packets, monitoring traffic patterns, scanning your network. qk0ja undia la0lt czln e4rkhs lyhzu3yk jeh g2qaje 1f dpup
