full-disclosure - [SPAM] Your daily internet traffic report

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0410171828160.28430@catbert.rellim.com>
From: gem at rellim.com (Gary E. Miller)
Subject: [SPAM] Your daily internet traffic report

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Yo Michal!

On Sun, 17 Oct 2004, Michal Zalewski wrote:

> > To those who seek to block ICMP, I say: "Let them."  I'm sure that a
> > certain Mr. Charles Darwin will soon sort them out.
>
> What if I just don't set DF on my outgoing traffic, and block incoming
> ICMP?

Then folks that use tunnels will not be able to exchange packets
with you.  A lot more people are using tunnels these days.  Like
PPPoE, OpenVPN, etc.

Also a lot of ISPs still force 576 MTU on dial-ups.  These folks also
will not be reachable.

I use OpenVPN and occasionally can not reach web servers set up as
you suggest.

RGDS
GARY
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