Re: missing icmp errors for udp packets

[Chris Wedgwood <cw@xxxxxxxx>]

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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