Disable PING (ICMP) Response On Linux System

You can setup kernel variable to drop all ping packets. Type the following command at shell prompt:

[root@afzalkhan ~]#echo “1” > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/icmp_echo_ignore_all

This instructs the kernel to simply ignore all ping requests (ICMP type 0 messages).

[root@afzalkhan ~]#echo “0” > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/icmp_echo_ignore_all

This instructs the kernel to allow all ping requests from remote.

You can add following line to /etc/sysctl.conf file to make this changes permanently.

[root@afzalkhan ~]#vi /etc/sysctl.conf 
net.ipv4.icmp_echo_ignore_all = 1

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