On Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 03:19:45PM +0200, Tony Earnshaw wrote: > ons, 2002-04-24 kl. 14:35 skrev [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > > No, I *think* he meant post XP that it could have used UDP. > > Let's wind this thing back a couple of messages.
:) > Gibson's argument was that ICMP echo requests on raw (Unix) sockets were > not possible with Windows 98 and below, since raw sockets weren't > implemented on these OSs. So Microsoft fudged ICMP requests with (either > UDP or) TCP. Do you have a URL for details on how they did this? I'd be interested to know how you can "fudge" ICMP using UDP or TCP. <snip> > This is neither an anti-Gibson nor an anti-OS posting. What it is, is an > attempt to clarify iptables rules. Sorry, I jumped in too early and presumed the worst would occur - "my bad". <snip> -- FunkyJesus System Administration Team
