[c-nsp] Something I was thinking about whilst idle the other day.

[Frank Bulk]

Tracing connectivity issues were a lot easier in the days when routers
consistently responded to ICMP packets and ICMP wasn't filtered.  It's only
made troubleshooting more difficult, not easier.  I understand the need for
DoS protection (applied perhaps via rate-limiting based on combination of
source IP and quantity), but realistically, ICMP packets make up an
infinitesimally small percentage of the packets any router interacts with.

Frank

-----Original Message-----
From: cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net
[mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Drew Weaver
Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 7:23 AM
To: 'Shane Short'; 'cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net'
Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Something I was thinking about whilst idle the other
day.

-----Original Message-----
From: cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net
[mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Shane Short
Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 9:11 PM
To: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Something I was thinking about whilst idle the other
day.

Ah yes, I love those guys..
I got sick of trying to be polite and just said 'Sorry, my routers
have more important things to do, than respond to your ICMP packets.'

-Shane
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Get more/better routers.

-Drew
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