Re: ICMP type 17

Hi Chris,
Good example from IE's Blogs:
http://blog.internetworkexpert.com/2008/07/06/the-mystery-of-ppp-ipcp-mask-request-command
Enjoy it.
Regards,
But Nguyen

On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 9:59 AM, Chris Breece <cbreece1_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> ICMP type 17 - Address mask request.... what is this used for? My buddy at
> work is going through the Internetwork Expert labs and a question popped up
> about disabling ICMP responses to "requests for a netmask". I've never
> heard
> of this before. We googled around and found out there's an interface "no ip
> mask-reply" command. However, I am not sure what the application of this
> would be. Stupid question, but curiosity is eating at me :)
>
> Chris
>
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Received on Mon Apr 27 2009 - 09:29:25 ART