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From: Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com>
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On Thu, 2 Nov 2000, Colin Faber wrote:

> Sounds like someone tried to ping flood you,

At risk of sounding like a broken record:

No. No no no no no.  No no no. No. No.

The current code does not rate limit icmp echos.

Mike "Silby" Silbersack



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