On Tue, 1 Apr 2003, E.B. Dreger wrote:
MP> Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 17:21:05 -1000 MP> From: Michael Painter
MP> Anyone else having trouble with reaching internet.com via MP> genuity? MP> MP> Pinging 63.236.73.147 with 32 bytes of data:
Most day-to-day apps don't really care about ping. Attempts to connect to 80/TCP are successful. Ping and traceroute give me !X communication prohibited by filter.
ICMP echo and response are NOT critical Internet traffic. The inability to send/receive is NOT an inherent indicator of network health.
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