Great Circle Associates Firewalls
(November 1996)
 

Indexed By Date: [Previous] [Next] Indexed By Thread: [Previous] [Next]

Subject: Re: NCSA certification [ever find a problem? LONG]
From: peter . maersk-moller @ jrc . it (Peter Maersk-Moller)
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 1996 16:11:43 +0100
To: akadi @ lynx . bc . ca
Cc: Firewalls @ GreatCircle . COM

> From akadi @
 lynx .
 bc .
 ca Wed Nov 13 03:28:26 1996

Akadi wrote
> Why can I ping through my firewall but not trace route?  

Ping may use ICMP, traceroute may use UDP. Depends on the actual
implementation. You can also make a traceroute that uses ICMP,
but please don't. You can also make a ping tool that uses UDP,
please do. The tools already exists for all major platforms for
free.

Peter Maersk-Moller


Follow-Ups:
Indexed By Date Previous: Re: "Hands-on Network Sec. Course"
From: Bert Carroll <bc17684 @ 90 . deere . com>
Next: Memory Leak in FW-1 2.1?
From: Michael Jarvis <michaelj @ burrito . insource . com>
Indexed By Thread Previous: Re: NCSA certification [ever find a problem? LONG]
From: Anton J Aylward <anton @ the-wire . com>
Next: Re: NCSA certification [ever find a problem? LONG]
From: CMIS 370-5161 Student 06 <cm370a06 @ nova . umuc . edu>

Google
 
Search Internet Search www.greatcircle.com