On 10/09/03 09:47 +0530, Shuvam Misra wrote: > > my cable runs on PPPOE and it has a DHCP giving live ips > > > > but since somedays i am not able to ping any ip in the entire world, exce= > > pt myself > > Could this be because your ISP has blocked ICMP packets? In a knee-jerk > reaction after the SoBig worm deluge, a lot of ISPs have blocked ICMP Not Sobig. Welchia.
> packets. I know for certain that Dishnet DSL has not, and Reliance > Rconnect (their Internet access service which works over their CDMA > handphones) has. Haven't checked VSNL's dialup service recently. > > I'm not getting into whether this ICMP blocking is effective in reducing > exposure to the worm. :) It doesn't stop exposure to the worm. It helps us Linux users have a somewhat usable network rather than being DoSses to death by ping floods from infected windows systems. Devdas Bhagat -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
