Hi,

I just tested my firewall @ https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2

This is the message:

Ping Reply: RECEIVED (FAILED) — Your system REPLIED to our Ping (ICMP Echo) requests, making it visible on the Internet. Most personal firewalls can be configured to block, drop, and ignore such ping requests in order to better hide systems from hackers. This is highly recommended since "Ping" is among the oldest and most common methods used to locate systems prior to further exploitation.

How do I set firehol to block ping requests?

Sincerely, Jørgen

I think the default firehol configuration should do that.

Check that firehol is enabled in /etc/default/firehol. Also check if running "/etc/init.d/firehol restart" as root makes your firewall work any better.

Firehol's configuration file is /etc/firehol/firehol.conf. Some default configuration files can be found from /usr/share/doc/firehol/examples/.

Firehol also has a configuration wizard. You can backup the default config file and run (as root) "firehol-wizard > /etc/firehol/firehol.conf".

After changing firehol's configuration, you should run "/etc/init.d/firehol restart" so that the changes will take effect.

Thanks for your help again Dead Parrot.

I just reconfigured firehol & restarted it. Now everything seems to work just fine

I have looked high and low for the exact answer posed by the OP of this thread.
Certainly wish he had actually described his solution...

Could some kind soul simply show me his /etc/firehol/firehol.conf
which drops ICMP echo requests incoming to client (ping)?
Many thanks, and greetings from the Future!