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From: kwe@bu-cs.BU.EDU (kwe@bu-it.bu.edu (Kent W. England))
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: ICMP's & IP src addrs
Summary: I'm wrong
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Date: 19 Sep 88 19:44:41 GMT
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In article  
hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu (Charles Hedrick) writes:
>
>I think what should be said is that you never respond to a
>broadcast by sending an ICMP *error* message.  
>[...]
>If the host requirements RFC says what
>you said, I think Bob Braden should think again.  Either that or come
>up with some other way to find out your net mask...

	No, no [again :-].  I'm wrong, you are right.  You state the
restriction correctly above.  I am guilty of fuzzy thinking on that one.

	Whatever one might think about broadcast pings, they are not
against the rules today.  They may just be rather dangerous or
impolite.  Sorry to everyone for the error and any resulting confusion.