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ICMP Support

 [1/4] from: phil:hayes:cnutarch at: 21-Jun-2001 23:21


Are there any plans to support ICMP ping as I've got severall apps that are crying out for this ? Phil.

 [2/4] from: holger::rebol::com at: 21-Jun-2001 17:11


On Thu, Jun 21, 2001 at 11:21:27PM +0100, Phil Hayes wrote:
> Are there any plans to support ICMP ping
No, because on most platforms this would require superuser/administrator privileges.
> as I've got severall apps that are crying out for this ?
How so ? -- Holger Kruse [holger--rebol--com]

 [3/4] from: philip:hayes:btcellnet at: 22-Jun-2001 10:33


Not a ping echo server but the ability to ping a target !

 [4/4] from: holger:rebol at: 22-Jun-2001 8:57


On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 10:33:32AM +0100, Hayes Philip wrote:
> Not a ping echo server but the ability to ping a target !
Why would you want to do that in an application, unless the application is intended to be a net admin tool ? If you are thinking about using ICMP ping to test connectivity to sites before connecting to them: don't ! ICMP ping does not work reliably in the majority of setups (many personal or corporate firewalls, proxy setups etc.), so you would get a lot of "false" results even for sites that are reachable. Even in setups where ICMP ping does work chances are the results you get are not typical for TCP or UDP connections, because a lot of backbone routers on the Internet route ICMP traffic differently than other traffic. -- Holger Kruse [holger--rebol--com]