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Re: Idiotic question
From: woods () MOST WEIRD COM (Greg A. Woods)
Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 00:58:34 -0500

[ On Monday, February 28, 2000 at 16:33:32 (-0800), Robert Graham wrote: ]

Subject: Re: Idiotic question

BTW, this ICMP packet is the only one that is strictly necessary to allow
through firewalls.


There are definitely other ICMP packets that are just about as valuable
to the correct functioning of TCP and should have equal passage though
any firewall....

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                                                        Greg A. Woods

+1 416 218-0098      VE3TCP      <gwoods () acm org>      <robohack!woods>
Planix, Inc. <woods () planix com>; Secrets of the Weird <woods () weird com>

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