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I am trying to ping external links from AWS EC2 instance but result is 100% packet loss.

Amazon.com, Microsoft.com -> 100% packet loss
Google.com -> 100% packet sent

Why my AWS instance can't ping Amazon.com, Microsoft.com but can ping Google.com? Is there anything to configure?

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  • Even not able to make java http request to these hosts.. Is there any way to make http request through some java/php client?
    – Bazooka
    Aug 17, 2016 at 19:25
  • Updated answer.
    – mt025
    Aug 17, 2016 at 19:36

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This is normal. Currently on my desktop I get the same results. This is because Microsoft and Amazon block ICMP ping requests in their firewalls. However Google allow ICMP ping requests.

Regarding HTTP, I did a curl on microsoft.com and amazon.com

Microsoft reply with:

Your current User-Agent string appears to be from an automated process.

Amazon reply with:

To discuss automated access to Amazon data please contact [email protected].

From this we can see that Amazon and Microsoft are rejecting non-browser based HTTP(S) connections.

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  • I wouldn't be so sure...
    – Narzard
    Aug 17, 2016 at 19:24
  • I have clarified my answer. I did say that Microsoft and Amazon block these requests, but I never said that google allows them.
    – mt025
    Aug 17, 2016 at 19:26
  • You're good. Marked as answer. :)
    – Narzard
    Aug 17, 2016 at 19:27

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