On Tue, 23 Sep 2003, pineapple wrote:

> Ah, I could have been more clear about this, but I
> meant I blocked all the ICMP traffic my firewall
> allows.  I'm running Tiny Firewall on a WinXP Home
> install (strangely, I couldn't get Tiny to work with
> PRO) and all traffic is blocked unless it's
> specifically allowed.  So far my node seems to be
> working ok as well as my web server, mail server and
> ftp server.  I didn't consider that these messages
> could impact my network.  What outside ICMP traffic
> would you NOT block (besides PMTU as you said)?

Must-Fragment (for PMTU discovery)

Port Unreachable.  It's nice to know that you should STOP hammering
another box with requests when it's not listening to you.

Destination Unreachable.  Not as important, probably.

--Dan

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