It shows the following status for an extended duration: In ay case, I am still unable to read my email. Of course, that doesn't mean that it hasn't been. Besides, ping is part of the core TCP/IP standard It is used for system troubleshooting, and should NEVER be disabled. The fact is, 95% of the overhead associated with it, is consumed by the system simply discriminating that it IS a ping So if one wanted to use it for DOS, it would work nearly as well anyway, even if the service wasn't enabled. Okay, it is possible But seriously? Ping is such a low overhead operation that it could not be reasonably used for denial of service.
