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Re: Pinging Yahoo! (WAS: Getting hacked by Digital Isle?)
From: "Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick () ianai net>
Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2001 13:53:31 -0400
At 10:09 PM 10/26/2001 -0400, mike harrison wrote: >Now, here's a real issue, many of us probably have similiar systems >that ping upstream connections and page/alert/log when there are >problems. My 'watcher' could also grab a web page (checking port 80) >or do other tests, but I have always assumed that the ping was the least >amount of traffic easily and reliably sent to check connectivity. > >Whats the best way to monitor upstream connectivity for this purpose?Personally, I do not see anything wrong with pinging your upstream. You PAY them, they will take any and all traffic you send them (unless otherwise stated in something like an AUP). Ping away.
Of course, that leaves the question as to whether your upstream can get to the rest of the world....
-- TTFN, patrick
Current thread:
- Re: FWD: RE: FW: Getting hacked by Digital Isle?, (continued)
- Re: FWD: RE: FW: Getting hacked by Digital Isle? measl (Oct 26)
- Re: FWD: RE: FW: Getting hacked by Digital Isle? Grant A. Kirkwood (Oct 26)
- Re: FWD: RE: FW: Getting hacked by Digital Isle? measl (Oct 26)
- Pinging Yahoo! (WAS: Getting hacked by Digital Isle?) Patrick W. Gilmore (Oct 26)
- Re: Pinging Yahoo! (WAS: Getting hacked by Digital Isle?) R.P. Aditya (Oct 26)
- Re: Pinging Yahoo! (WAS: Getting hacked by Digital Isle?) Patrick W. Gilmore (Oct 26)
- Re: Pinging Yahoo! (WAS: Getting hacked by Digital Isle?) Alex Pilosov (Oct 26)
- RE: Pinging Yahoo! (WAS: Getting hacked by Digital Isle?) Vivien M. (Oct 26)
- RE: Pinging Yahoo! (WAS: Getting hacked by Digital Isle?) Bob K (Oct 26)
- Re: Pinging Yahoo! (WAS: Getting hacked by Digital Isle?) mike harrison (Oct 26)
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- Re: Pinging Yahoo! (WAS: Getting hacked by Digital Isle?) Patrick W. Gilmore (Oct 27)
- Re: FWD: RE: FW: Getting hacked by Digital Isle? just me (Oct 26)