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Date:      Mon, 13 Jan 1997 22:34:22 +0100
From:      j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
To:        hackers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: IPFILTER
Message-ID:  <Mutt.19970113223422.j@uriah.heep.sax.de>
In-Reply-To: <199701131951.NAA22684@plains.nodak.edu>; from Mark Tinguely on Jan 13, 1997 13:51:27 -0600
References:  <199701131951.NAA22684@plains.nodak.edu>

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As Mark Tinguely wrote:

> ping (and traceroute) uses ICMP not IP.

I thought ICMP is also an IP protocol?

> ICMP is not rewritten in NAT rules.

But that's of course independant.

> get the Stevens book to see an example of UDP ping if you wish to
> use ping.

Well, i hope it's not using UDP echos. :)  Most sites don't enable
them by default now.
-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)



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