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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
Date: Wed,  1 Jun 2011 21:32:13 -0400
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Subject: Re: [9fans] icmp unreachable messages sometimes dropped
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On Wed Jun  1 21:29:15 EDT 2011, lyndon@orthanc.ca wrote:
> > this was on initial connection.  plan 9 ignores icmp unless it's waiting for
> > the initial response.
>
> I'll shut up now and watch the hockey game ;-)

it's a good point, though.  icmp unreachables shouldn't make it easy
to dos somebody by guessing a few small numbers.

- erik