Subj : Basic Steps / Checks to look at IPv6
To   : Michiel van der Vlist
From : Markus Reschke
Date : Mon Sep 21 2015 17:10:16

Hi Michiel!

Sep 21 17:56 2015, Michiel van der Vlist wrote to Markus Reschke:

 MR>> IIRC, echo reply is disabled by default starting with Win7.

 MvdV> ICMP is essential for the proper operation of IPv6. Disabeling it 
 MvdV> by default is bad juju. It should be enabled by default, at least 
 MvdV> for IPv6.

Echo request/reply is just a small part of ICMP. The best approach is to rate limit echo requests to allow debugging while protecting the host/net.

Regards,
Markus

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