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Date:      Mon, 18 Dec 2000 11:06:19 -0500 (EST)
From:      Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
To:        Jesper Skriver <jesper@skriver.dk>
Cc:        security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/netinet ip_icmp.c tcp_subr.c tcp_var.h
Message-ID:  <200012181606.LAA20972@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20001217155826.A16170@skriver.dk>
References:  <20001217012007.A18038@citusc.usc.edu> <17340.977045052@critter> <20001217015414.A18302@citusc.usc.edu> <20001217155826.A16170@skriver.dk>

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<<On Sun, 17 Dec 2000 15:58:26 +0100, Jesper Skriver <jesper@skriver.dk> said:

> It solves problems when trying to connects to hosts behind packet
> filters and/or firewalls, and I can add that Linux has this "feature"
> enabled by default, atleast since kernel v2.0 which was the oldest box I
> could find.

I would suggest that these ICMP errors should be treated in the same
way as net/host unreachable -- that is, recorded for the purposes of
useful error reporting, but not acted upon immediately.  112[23] has
its share of bugs.

-GAWollman



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