Subj : New One
To   : Tommi Koivula
From : Alexey Vissarionov
Date : Mon Nov 16 2020 15:33:00

Good ${greeting_time}, Tommi!

16 Nov 2020 14:26:32, you wrote to Michiel van der Vlist:

 >> BTW your IPv6 address does not ping:
 >> You may want to open your IPv6 firewall for PING. (And some other ICMP
 >> thingies)
 TK> Ping is not needed for binkp connections. Also telnet to her bbs works
 TK> fine.

Blocking ICMP (including ping) is dangerous: this tells possible hackers the administrator of such network is mentally impaired.


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