[ale] network problems?

[Michael H. Warfield]

On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 01:45:36PM -0500, John Wells wrote:
> Are you tracing through your vpn?  Our company blocks all
> incoming/outgoing UDP/ICMP, so traceroute always fails at our router...

	I hope your not absolutely serious there...

	Blocking all UDP - DNS?  NTP?

	Blocking all ICMP - PMTU discovery fails, tcp connections fall
down go boom or crawl at a snails pace (Needs ICMP WOULD FRAGMENT to work).

> John
> 
> Geoffrey said:
> > Okay, my pea brain continues to be even more confused.  I've just been
> > trying traceroute to a number of sites, all of which, never get there.
> > I've tried www.cnn.com, www.att.com, www.google.com
> >
> > Can someone explain to me why this is?  I've yet to successfully
> > traceroute any location.
> >
> > --
> > Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric at 3times25.net
> >
> > The latest, most widespread virus?  Microsoft end user agreement.
> > Think about it...
> >
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