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Re: missing icmp errors for udp packets

To: kuznet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: missing icmp errors for udp packets
From: Chris Wedgwood <cw@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2001 07:34:41 +1200
Cc: therapy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, pekkas@xxxxxxxxxx, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, davem@xxxxxxxxxx
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On Tue, Jul 31, 2001 at 11:25:50PM +0400, kuznet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

    Anyway, it is clear that echos are to be limited differently of
    errors.

Even then I wonder if it is worth the code.  If you are rate-limiting,
who cares if drop the odd echo/reply?

ICMP echo/reply is a useful diagnostic tool --- but on the internet as
we have it today, its limitations need to be understood by the user :)



  --cw
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