Even if a ping were blocked at the firewall, would not there be a
refusal response as opposed to nothing? 

Or does it go to a black hole?

Tracy Johnson
Measurement Specialties, Inc. 

BT







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> -----Original Message-----
> From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion 
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Craig Lalley
> Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 11:51 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] Checking for FTP Success
> 
> 
> John Bawden <[log in to unmask]> wrote: Art,
> 
> Again showing my ignorance but why would ping be
> blocked? I'm assuming that it is very innocuous. Have
> the hackers (I prefer another name but won't use it
> here) managed to attach their dirty deeds to ping now?
> 
> John,
> 
> I remember a bug where a ping with a large packet would 
> actually crash the HP... of course that was more than 10 years ago.
> 
> The other issue is that what the hacker doesn't know.  So if 
> the computer does not respond to a ping, the hacker won't 
> know to attack.
> 
> -Craig
> 
> 
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