Re: [Tails-dev] ping...

Keith Bierman:
> "...it is impossible to use ping in Tails, because ping uses the ICMP
> protocol while Tor can only transport TCP connections."
>
> Seems like including ping is an attractive nuisance. Since it can't
> work, wouldn't it be better to remove it? Or replacing it with a trivial
> script which explains why ping can't work?

Good point!

It seems easy to remove, so why not get rid of it (and a bit of FAQ):

https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/19579

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