Messages in this thread | | | From | "Ulrich Windl" <> | Date | Wed, 10 Apr 1996 14:10:48 +0100 | Subject | Re: firewall, reject: icmp vs. tcp |
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On 9 Apr 96 at 14:59, Alan Cox wrote:
> > 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. >
#if YOU_LIKE_STANDARDS It really makes me angry that big companies don't obey the standards even when they complain to implement one. For eyample Win95 does NOT implement DHCP correctly; as Alan indicates they didn't implement IP correctly, too. But people buy these things and then they complain... #endif
> 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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