[dec0dedab0de]

nothing from that machine, but the way the ttls work, it doesn’t affect the responses from routers along the way. Same if the destination doesn’t exist at all.

[mannyv]

Totally untrue. Network admins will often disable traceroute responses because security.

Edit: the less someone knows about your internal topology the better. Security through obscurity does work.

[dec0dedab0de]

I was answering a question about what happens if it is disabled on the destination machine. The destination machine has no say over any other device along the route.

[ru552]

~~ Security through obscurity does work.

As a layer.

[Hikikomori]

Windows disables ping by default for what I'm guessing is security.