Hi, On Wed, May 05, 2021 at 12:30:01PM +0200, Kurt Kayser wrote: > I understand your point. But there is really no big effort to check if > Port 873 is working: > > <host>nc -zvw100 rpki.ripe.net 873 > Connection to rpki.ripe.net 873 port [tcp/rsync] succeeded! > > Let's make a security comparison, if this is really a necessary feature?
So where exactly is the *security* drawback of permitting ICMP echo?
But yes, of course, we can all do tcpping instead - which is much
more likely to have an adverse effect on the actual service...
Gert Doering
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have you enabled IPv6 on something today...?
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