Re: [Sheflug] Re: Network Goes on Holiday

[Will Newton <nospam [at] misconception.org.uk>]

On Sun, 25 Jun 2000, Chris J/#6 wrote:

> 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 :)

After the DDoS attacks a while back a LOT of commercial providers drop
ICMP packets. I know my web hosting provider does.
It seems to be the only easy solution to that particular problem.


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