On Tue, August 25, 2009 9:25 am, Wade Preston Shearer wrote: > On Tuesday, August 25, 2009, at 08:00AM, "Michael Torrie" <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>Yes, you should always allow rate-limited ICMP packets of type 8. >>Otherwise, in my opinion, you break basic internet functionality. This >>propensity of large organizations like BYU or Microsoft to drop packets >>instead of returning PING messages is a disease. > > So is Stuart's not rate-limiting? or is his just rate-limiting all packets > (opposed to > just icmp packets)?
He is specifically rate-limiting pings. That rule doesn't affect any other kind of traffic. -- Matthew Walker Kydance Hosting & Consulting, Inc. - http://www.kydance.net/ PHP, Perl, and Web Development - Linux Server Administration /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
