[OpenAFS] Re: mtu problem

Derek Atkins warlord@MIT.EDU
Thu, 07 Feb 2013 13:36:50 -0500


Brandon Allbery <ballbery@sinenomine.net> writes:

> A host or network which drops all ICMP indiscriminately is
> fundamentally broken, and I could make an argument for not allowing it
> to communicate with other networks at all.  If someone is demanding
> drop-all-ICMP as "security best practice" then you need to find
> someone who actually understands networks and network security, and
> possibly challenge your current security advisor(s) for fraud.

Good luck with that.  Many sites on the internet block ICMPs.

-derek

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