On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 20:23:35 -0500, Wakko Warner <wakko@???>
wrote:
>So maybe this doesn't always apply to all circumstances.
Right, it doesn't. For example, a lot of DSL providers configure their
equipment to not return ICMP host unreachable on an unused IP address.
Dropping unwanted packages instead of rejecting them makes sense for
brain-dead applications like emule/edonkey which don't care anyway,
but it doesn't give you any security gain. Facing a "no security gain"
situation, you can as well be a good neighbor and honor the RFCs.
Greetings
Marc
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