* Jesper Skriver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [001117 12:11] wrote:
[snip]
>
> This timeout could be avoided if the sending mail server reacted to the
> 'ICMP administratively prohibited' they got from our router.
[snip]
>
> $ telnet nemo.dyndns.dk 25
> Trying 193.89.247.125...
> telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: No route to host
> $ uname -a
> Linux xyz.dk 2.0.32 #1 Wed Nov 19 00:46:45 EST 1997 i586 unknown
>
> Wouldn't it be a idea to implement a similar behaviour in FreeBSD ?
Probably not, what if one started a stream of spoofed ICMP lying
about the state of the route between the two machines? I have
the impression that the Linux box wouldn't be able to connect
because of this behavior.
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