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Hi everyone.
This is my first thread where i am not actually asking for help haha.. instead, I'd like to share this info/tip to secure a bit more your website in your VPS or your own pc.
Disabling ping response in windows can be useful to avoid DDOS attacks.
So here it goes:
1. Open cmd.exe (Windos+R type cmd and press enter).
2. Type this: netsh firewall set icmpsetting 8 disable
3. Press enter and it should apply changes instantly. No reboot is needed.
How to check if it worked? in a different pc open cmd again and try to ping your website (ex. ping muserver.com). If it worked, you will not get ping responses.
Example picture (spanish)
4 packets sent, 0 received, 4 lost.
To enable ping responses again type this: netsh firewall set icmpsetting 8 enable
This will NOT protect you 100% against DDOS attacks, but it can help
Greetings.
This is my first thread where i am not actually asking for help haha.. instead, I'd like to share this info/tip to secure a bit more your website in your VPS or your own pc.
Disabling ping response in windows can be useful to avoid DDOS attacks.
So here it goes:
1. Open cmd.exe (Windos+R type cmd and press enter).
2. Type this: netsh firewall set icmpsetting 8 disable
3. Press enter and it should apply changes instantly. No reboot is needed.
How to check if it worked? in a different pc open cmd again and try to ping your website (ex. ping muserver.com). If it worked, you will not get ping responses.
Example picture (spanish)
4 packets sent, 0 received, 4 lost.
To enable ping responses again type this: netsh firewall set icmpsetting 8 enable
This will NOT protect you 100% against DDOS attacks, but it can help
Greetings.
