Re: missing icmp errors for udp packets

[Pekka Savola <pekkas@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 31 Jul 2001 kuznet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hello!
>
> > If you reboot the computer, the _first_ ping/scan attempt will not return
> > icmp dest unreachable.
>
> Hmm... how fast after reboot?

Can be quite a long time.  Previously, I tested it immediately after
reboot.  Now I tried it about 6 minutes after I had typed 'reboot' with
success.

I believe it may be the first ICMP message to be sent after reboot..

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