Re: ICMP Well-Known Port

[Rick Murphy <rmurphy () mitretek org>]

At 08:28 AM 9/28/99 -0700, wpl1 () jps net wrote:
> Evidently I'm really missing the boat.  I've been trying to find the 
> well-known port for ICMP.  Is there no such thing?
ICMP is a protocol, like TCP or UDP. It layers on top of IP. TCP and UDP 
use ports; ICMP doesn't. (There can be port numbers imbedded in ICMP 
messages, but they're information related to the ICMP message.)
        -Rick