You can easily tell each Linux machine not to respond ping thanks to /proc/sys/net/ipv4/icmp_echo_ignore_all file. To disable response, do:
Code:
echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/icmp_echo_ignore_all
Note that there are a lot of interesting files in this directory. Only one problem, to know what they do... But
this document may help you to understand more things about these files.
Hope this help you