PING User Program

The PING program is used to test whether another host is reachable . PING sends an Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) echo request message to a host, expecting an ICMP echo reply to be returned. PING measures the round-trip time of the message exchange and monitors any packet loss across network paths.

Caution

PING (Packet Internet Groper). The name of a program used in the Internet to test reachability of destinations by sending them an ICMP echo request and wait-ing for a reply. The term has survived the original program and is now used like a verb as in, " please ping host A to see if it is alive ."

RISK PING is a reporting program only and does not pose any security risks unless a virus or Trojan horse creates a "ping of death" issue.

Securing PING

BP-FILE-PING-01 PING should be secured "UUNU".

BP-OPSYS-LICENSE-01 PING must be LICENSED.

BP-OPSYS-OWNER-01 PING should be owned by SUPER.SUPER.

BP-OPSYS-FILELOC-01 PING must reside in $SYSTEM.SYSnn

	Discovery Questions	Look here:
FILE-POLICY	Is PINGing allowed from this system?	Policy
OPSYS-OWNER-01	Who owns the PING object file?	Fileinfo
OPSYS-LICENSE-01	Is the PING object file licensed?	Fileinfo
FILE-PING-01	Is the PING object file secured correctly?	Fileinfo

Related Topics

TCP/IP