On Monday, Jun 04, 2001, mp wrote:

> But I need to allow icmp echo requests from my proxy server (if i dont answer 
> the ping requests downloads get slower and slower with time, and smtp is 
> blocked for 5 seconds if the ping isnt answered).
> 
> So in the config file I have:
> ICMP_ALLOWED_TYPES="destination-unreachable echo-reply time-exceeded"

I had the same problem.  I added 'echo-request' so that mine now looks
like this:

ICMP_ALLOWED_TYPES="destination-unreachable echo-reply echo-request
time-exceeded"

and that fixed it.

The only thing I haven't found a way around is that I can't traceroute
my box.  Anybody know how to fix that?

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