[LINK] Streaming TV Tests
Craig Sanders
cas at taz.net.au
Fri Mar 30 13:23:34 AEST 2007
On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 09:41:22AM +1000, Howard Lowndes wrote:
> Craig Sanders wrote:
> >many protocols and services are udp - including DNS lookups. only an
> >idiot would block all UDP packets.
>
> Same way that only an idiot would block ICMP, but it happens...
it would be noticed a lot quicker because they'd be blocking dns, so nothing
would work.
blocking ICMP is just as broken, but not as *obviously* broken.
craig
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