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Re: ICMP on port 3


From: mlh () zip com au
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2002 21:40:44 +1100

emmanuel.siegel () ota fr socgen com wrote:
i have a strange communication between two of my Linux server, it's ICMP
packet on port 3.
Do you know what it could be ?

icmp doesn't have 'ports', though it is presented as
a port by many tools.  It is a type of icmp packet;
3 is (iirc) "destination unreachable"

It's probably not a problem.

You didn't tell us whether it was incoming or outgoing.

Matt


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