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13 Dec
2000
13 Dec
'00
17:51
On Wed, 13 Dec 2000, Raffy wrote:
Thanks for the help in setting up the firewall rules. I was more concerned about _WHY_ those pings came at all. Should I contact the admin of that DNS-Server or is that a normal behaviour? Any comments? It's a normal behaviour. It's part of a process called 'route MTU discovery'. ICMP is a basic part of the IP protocol suite, and you cannot claim to be compliant with the IP standards if you do not support ICMP. -- Rick Green