Столкнулся со странной проблемой.
Как известно если интернет-ресурс не пингуется - это ещё не значит что он не работает, может у него просто заблокирован icmp-трафик. Вот, например, ресурсы: support.microsoft.com, amazon.com, openvpn.net.
iskatel@gate:~$ ping -c 5 support.microsoft.com
PING support.microsoft.akadns.net (157.56.121.21) 56(84) bytes of data.
--- support.microsoft.akadns.net ping statistics ---
5 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 3999ms
iskatel@gate:~$ ping -c 5 amazon.com
PING amazon.com (176.32.98.166) 56(84) bytes of data.
--- amazon.com ping statistics ---
5 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 3999ms
iskatel@gate:~$ ping -c 5 openvpn.net
PING openvpn.net (54.215.128.159) 56(84) bytes of data.
--- openvpn.net ping statistics ---
5 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 4031msiskatel@gate:~$ sudo nmap -sS support.microsoft.com
Starting Nmap 6.00 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2013-10-02 14:25 MSK
Nmap scan report for support.microsoft.com (157.56.121.21)
Host is up (0.075s latency).
Not shown: 998 filtered ports
PORT STATE SERVICE
80/tcp open http
443/tcp open https
Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 6.76 seconds
iskatel@gate:~$ sudo nmap -sS amazon.com
Starting Nmap 6.00 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2013-10-02 14:25 MSK
Nmap scan report for amazon.com (72.21.215.232)
Host is up (0.14s latency).
Other addresses for amazon.com (not scanned): 176.32.98.166 205.251.242.54 72.21.194.212
Not shown: 998 filtered ports
PORT STATE SERVICE
80/tcp open http
443/tcp open https
Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 10.07 seconds
iskatel@gate:~$ sudo nmap -sS openvpn.net
Starting Nmap 6.00 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2013-10-02 14:23 MSK
Nmap scan report for openvpn.net (54.215.128.159)
Host is up (0.21s latency).
rDNS record for 54.215.128.159: ec2-54-215-128-159.us-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com
Not shown: 983 filtered ports
PORT STATE SERVICE
20/tcp closed ftp-data
21/tcp closed ftp
22/tcp open ssh
25/tcp closed smtp
53/tcp closed domain
80/tcp open http
110/tcp closed pop3
143/tcp closed imap
161/tcp closed snmp
443/tcp open https
465/tcp closed smtps
587/tcp closed submission
993/tcp closed imaps
995/tcp closed pop3s
3306/tcp open mysql
3389/tcp closed ms-wbt-server
9102/tcp open jetdirect
Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 9.45 seconds


