Lee Wiggers wrote:
> Hey list,
> 
> I'm in the middle of a flap with the state.
> 
> To make a long story short, I need the file available at:
> 
> http://www.myflorida.com/dbpr/sto/file_download
> 
> and
> 
> I cannot ping the site, or myflorida.com, for that
> matter.  myflorida.com is, however, being served.
> 
> Bellsouth.net tech guy says there's nothing wrong at our
> end.  He cannot ping them either from Atlanta or Sri
> Lanka, or wherever tech guys hang out nowadays.
> 
> Also, I put the win2k box out long enough for a ping, and
> got "ping timed out".  Probably caught 30 viruses with
> that maneuver. 
> 
> Would someone mind pinging myflorida.com for me for
> another opinion?
> 
> Or maybe someone can just tell me what's going on here?
> 
> Lee
> 
Some sites do not respond to pings. It is easy to turn this off.
This has become more common as it can be used as a DDOS attack.

Mikkel
-- 

  Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons,
for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
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