Not repling to ping?

[dslr595148]

If nwrickert (DSLR user #1070900) in http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r24693587- is correct about why Mr Steve Gibson choose to reply to ping, then

#1 why does incoming.verizon.net not reply to ping?

Is it because...

a) The owner of that server forgot to?

b) The owner of that server does not know how to?

c) Is the owner of that server scared to?

#2 Please send a message to the owner of incoming.verizon.net to tell them to reply to ping.

Thanks.

[somegirl]

To quote Pleakley from Lilo & Stitch, "Here! Educate yourself."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denial-of-service_attack

(Sorry, I have a 4 year old daughter, we watched it yesterday...)

[dslr595148]

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To quote Pleakley from Lilo & Stitch, "Here! Educate yourself."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denial-of-service_attack

(Sorry, I have a 4 year old daughter, we watched it yesterday...)

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Oh Ok.

Then answer this question.

Then why does  the outgoing mail server, reply to ping?

I went to http://network-tools.com/ selected Ping as the option, typed in outgoing.verizon.net, and pressed Go.

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Ping 206.46.232.12

[outgoing.verizon.net]

Round trip time to 206.46.232.12: 94 ms
Round trip time to 206.46.232.12: 85 ms
Round trip time to 206.46.232.12: 123 ms
Round trip time to 206.46.232.12: 140 ms
Round trip time to 206.46.232.12: 96 ms
Round trip time to 206.46.232.12: 96 ms
Round trip time to 206.46.232.12: 119 ms
Round trip time to 206.46.232.12: 123 ms
Round trip time to 206.46.232.12: 111 ms
Round trip time to 206.46.232.12: 121 ms

Average time over 10 pings: 110.8 ms

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Oh, the horor...

What is this person (or are these people) thinking?

[dslr595148]

To quote Pleakley from Lilo & Stitch, "Here! Educate yourself."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denial-of-service_attack

(Sorry, I have a 4 year old daughter, we watched it yesterday...)