Tracing connectivity issues were a lot easier in the days when routers consistently responded to ICMP packets and ICMP wasn't filtered. It's only made troubleshooting more difficult, not easier. I understand the need for DoS protection (applied perhaps via rate-limiting based on combination of source IP and quantity), but realistically, ICMP packets make up an infinitesimally small percentage of the packets any router interacts with.
Frank -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Drew Weaver Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 7:23 AM To: 'Shane Short'; '[email protected]' Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Something I was thinking about whilst idle the other day. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Shane Short Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 9:11 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Something I was thinking about whilst idle the other day. Ah yes, I love those guys.. I got sick of trying to be polite and just said 'Sorry, my routers have more important things to do, than respond to your ICMP packets.' -Shane --- Get more/better routers. -Drew _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/ _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
