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From: Veggy Vinny <richardc@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU>
To: Jim Riffle <jriffle@ns.kconline.com>
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On Fri, 22 Nov 1996, Jim Riffle wrote:

> > 	Really?  I tried netstat and can't find any ip addresses or
> > hostnames.
> 
> You would have to use tcpdump or trafshow during to see those.

	Oh I see.

> > 	Sounds good, is there any way to also limit ping's to 64 bytes and
> > not larger than that?
> 
> This, I am unsure of, anyone else know about this one?

	Hmmm, I know that some systems have ping only working at 64 bytes
and nothing higher but not sure if the system being ping'ed can ignore
everything above 64 bytes or not.

Cheers,
Vince
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