Messages in this thread |  | | | From | kuznet@ms2 ... | | Subject | Re: linux-2.2.9/traceroute/packet loss | | Date | Mon, 24 May 1999 20:35:55 +0400 (MSK DST) |
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Hello!
> Whats the purpose of this? I mean, I understand nothing is broke per say, > but I get people emailing me "10% packet loss" traceroutes and wanting > explainations............
Purpose is not to help interlopers to flood networks with useless data.
When someone probes you with 3 packets, spaced by 1 sec, he wants to make sure that you are alive.
If it stresses you more, he is apparently an interloper or just brainless robot sort of http://www.research.digital.com/cgi-bin/trace 8)8)
Alexey Kuznetsov
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