13 Feb
2005
13 Feb
'05
9:43 a.m.
On 12/02/05 11:32 +0530, Vishnu Lotlikar wrote:
Pakets filtered & ping not working cannot be the reason for gmail pop not working, as if you are able to surf the net, are you able to check your mail's on gmail using the browser if yes then there is no issue with mtnl.
*BLINK*
http://www.google.com/search?q=pmtud+icmp+filtering
MTNL is applying a moronic filter to its routers.
most isp do not allow ping responses , [ICMP] is disabled due to security reasons.
Moronic ISPs disable all ICMP. What security does blocking ICMP provide? <posting from a networking conference>
Devdas Bhagat