How to prevent pinging under Windows Server 2008

We are in the LAN environment, there are often malicious users use ping to the server system to send a number of large packets, which may cause the server system to run the panic, in addition to the illegal attacker can ping some of the parameters of the server system related to the running state information, And based on this information to the server system implementation of targeted attacks.

To protect the stability of the Windows Server 2008 Server system from the ping command of the server host, we can follow these steps to set the firewall security rules:

First click the Start button on the Windows Server 2008 Server System desktop, select Programs, click Administrative Tools from the pop-up Start menu, and then choose Advanced Secure Windows Firewall option from the subordinate menu;

The Advanced Secure Windows Firewall Configuration window will then be automatically ejected from the system. Click the Inbound Rules option in the list pane on the left of the window, right-click the option, and select the new Rule option from the right-click menu, open the New Rule Creation wizard interface, and select the custom item in the interface.

Next, click the Next button, select the All Programs item on the following page, and then follow the prompts to set the network protocol type to ICMPV4, set the connection condition to block connection, and set up a specific occasion for applying the new rule based on the actual work environment. Finally, give the newly created security rule an appropriate name so that any illegal user on the LAN cannot ping the Windows Server 2008 Server System.