Patrick <patrickfwd@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Okay sorry, he's right. My ISP must have _very_ recently prohibited ping!
> I set up a windows machine less than a month ago and used it to test.
> Sorry for wasting time here.

Let that be a lesson to you then. groups.google.com query
"group:comp.os.linux.networking ping Bad Code 9"

The practice of blocking pings, it would seem, is growing.

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