Re: [Sheflug] Re: Network Goes on Holiday

["Chris J/#6" <nospam [at] nccnet.co.uk>]

> 
> Packets going through the firewall? Some sysadmins stop the basic
> (ping/traceroute/etc./idcp(?)) packets, and that makes me laugh ;)) 
> 

I remember reading on the Kernel Traffic summary (kt.linuxcare.com) that 
blocking all ICMP can be a bad thing as it can potentially mean packets get 
lost, dropped, or corrupted due to router config ... hint: don't block ICMP - 
Destination Unreachable :)

If anyone wants to read the complete blurb, let me know and I'll go and dig 
it out ... :)

Chris...



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