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The ABCs of TCP/IP
datagrams to the destination specified in the Ping command line. The reason
the request timed out has nothing to do with the TTL value. Instead, the
White House uses a firewall to block pings because it is one of a number of
weapons unsophisticated hackers like to use. Chapter 8 and 9 provide greater
detail concerning how one can block pings.
The lower portion of Exhibit 12 illustrates a second ping, a commercial site
Web server whose address is similar, but not the same as “the White House.”
This commercial site Web address is www.whitehouse.com. Note that Ping
automatically resolves the entered host name into an IP address. Also ...