On 9/17/12 1:21 PM, Vieri Di Paola wrote:

> Maybe I'm saying something completely absurd and wrong so please bear with me.
> Since both the client and server are right behind shorewall routers at both 
> ends, would it make sense to block/drop ICMP altogether in order to avoid 
> error messages and break connections?

Let's back up a little. How do you plan to detect link failures and what
will you do when a failure is detected?

-Tom
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Shoreline,         \ died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like
Washington, USA     \ all of the passengers in his car
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