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Date:      Thu, 22 Mar 2001 19:02:27 +0100
From:      Borja Marcos <borjamar@sarenet.es>
To:        freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: DoS attack - advice needed
Message-ID:  <3ABA3E33.A58E4811@sarenet.es>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.33.0103221156300.12562-100000@awww.jeah.net>

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Chris Byrnes wrote:
> 
> >     >> type 3 is required for TCP/UDP traffic
> >
> >     CB> Hrm.
> >
> > I'm sorry. But what means 'Hrm'? It seems I don't know English good
> > enough :(
> 
> I think we can move this thread to personal e-mail, because some people
> are getting offended that I don't want ICMP traffic.

	;-) ICMP filtering is bad for everyone who accesses your
website, as it can cause malfunction. One of the typical problems
is the "freezing" of the http connections when you are viewing a
webpage. The problem? The "ICMP need fragment" messages are
not reaching your web server.



	Borja.

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