Han wrote on Tue, Feb 26, 2002 at 03:00:15PM +0100 : > > 30 seconds? A ping in advance to test is the server is up would hurt at > all. I mean I know all the tricks with failing programms but every nono
Hmmm, I'd say a ping response is a positive sign, but don't make it
solely rely on it because many places block ping (stupid, they aren't
intelligent enough to allow the useful parts of ICMP, they just block it
all). I've come across a few brain-dead ISP's and many brain-dead IT
departments who do just that.
Blue skies... Todd
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Todd Lyons -- MandrakeSoft, Inc.
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UNIX was not designed to stop you from doing stupid things, because
that would also stop you from doing clever things. -- Doug Gwyn
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