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Hi, Alan:see:
> Alan Shore wrote:
Be careful in relying on PINGWhy? Many firewalls have rules to block pings, to stave off "ping of
Some sites do not PING, even when they are up
Why? Don't know
death" attacks, or a "ping flood" (denial of service attack) etc. --
list
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ping_of_death
and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ping_flood
Cheers,
Mark S. Waterbury
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