On Sun, 21 Sep 2003 03:44 am, Bernd Eckenfels wrote: > On Sat, Sep 20, 2003 at 11:29:30AM +0200, Roland Mas wrote: > > Tarragon Allen, 2003-09-20 01:20:19 +0200 : > > > The only disctinction between the two that I make is that a REJECT > > > is polite, and a DROP is rude. Also, a REJECT says to the other end > > > "yes, there is a host there" whereas a DROP say "I got nothing, > > > looks like there's nothing there". > > > > I agree with that. > > It is not completely correct: since normally you do not get "no answer" but > "target not reachable" depending on the ISP. Dropping does not mean "there > is no host". It means "there is a rude host who wants not talk to you".
No. It could mean *either*. That's the point. The response you get is a timeout, which isn't quite the same thing as a response from the host. t -- GPG : http://n12turbo.com/tarragon/public.key
