RE: Pinging Yahoo! (WAS: Getting hacked by Digital Isle?)

["Vivien M." <vivienm () dyndns org>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-nanog () merit edu [mailto:owner-nanog () merit edu]On Behalf Of
> Patrick W. Gilmore
> Sent: October 26, 2001 4:38 PM
> To: nanog () merit edu
> Subject: Pinging Yahoo! (WAS: Getting hacked by Digital Isle?)
>
>
> Yes, I think we all came to the same conclusion.  From now on, everyone 
> should ping www.microsoft.com to test connectivity. :)

They outsmarted us already in Redmond, sadly.
vivienm@quartz:~$ ping -s www.microsoft.com
PING www.microsoft.com: 56 data bytes
^C
----www.microsoft.com PING Statistics----
19 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss

There are a few other organizations that fit your criteria, though, methinks... some of whom allow ICMP just fine and 
provide things that are slightly more vital than microsoft.com :) 

Vivien
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Vivien M.
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Assistant System Administrator
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