Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2001 13:59:12 -0700 From: "Chad R. Larson" <chad@DCFinc.com> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IPFW or IPFILTER? Message-ID: <20011014135912.B15422@freeway.dcfinc.com> In-Reply-To: <200110141616.f9EGG5x37636@lurza.secnetix.de>; from olli@secnetix.de on Sun, Oct 14, 2001 at 06:16:05PM %2B0200 References: <20011014180756.A17546@adv.devet.org> <200110141616.f9EGG5x37636@lurza.secnetix.de>
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On Sun, Oct 14, 2001 at 06:16:05PM +0200, Oliver Fromme wrote: > That's bad, because you usually want to see other types of > ICMP replies, too, such as TTL exceeded, host unreachable, > communication prohibited etc. In fact, to be a full-class citizen of an IP network, you're =supposed= to process ICMP. That's how you gete routing redirects and a bunch of other proper/useful things. That's why it's called the IP =management= protocol. Unfortunately, DOS attacks and the like have made some people paranoid. -crl -- Chad R. Larson (CRL15) 602-953-1392 Brother, can you paradigm? chad@dcfinc.com chad@larsons.org larson1@home.com DCF, Inc. - 14623 North 49th Place, Scottsdale, Arizona 85254-2207 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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