Is there any recent modification i'm not aware preventing ICMP replies ? The most suitable candidate is msec, but i don't find anything related in changelog. [guillaume@silbermann guillaume]$ ping localhost PING localhost.localdomain (127.0.0.1) from 127.0.0.1 : 56(84) bytes of data.
--- localhost.localdomain ping statistics --- 3 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% loss, time 2010ms [guillaume@silbermann guillaume]$ ping 127.0.0.1 PING 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1) from 127.0.0.1 : 56(84) bytes of data. --- 127.0.0.1 ping statistics --- 3 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% loss, time 2015ms And it's not a resolve.conf problem: [guillaume@silbermann guillaume]$ ssh localhost Last login: Thu Mar 28 19:38:07 2002 from localhost.localdomain -- Guillaume Rousse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GPG key http://lis.snv.jussieu.fr/~rousse/gpgkey.html