Messages in this thread | | | From | (Alan Cox) | Subject | Re: firewall, reject: icmp vs. tcp | Date | Tue, 9 Apr 1996 14:59:32 +0100 (BST) |
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> e.g. "ipfwadm -I -a reject -S <source> -D <dest> <port> -P tcp", then > on the host <source> requesting for that connection, ICMP packets > arrive telling something like "port unreachable". > > unfortunately, some tcp/ip stacks, at least win/NT and w95, do not understand > these icmp packets and continue to try to open a connection until a timeout > occurres.
I would suggest you refer the problem to microsoft. Using reject also upsets older HP/UX machines in fun ways. I'd refer that to HP (and get an up to date HP/UX.
Alan
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