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> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of > Patrick W. Gilmore > Sent: October 26, 2001 4:38 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Pinging Yahoo! (WAS: Getting hacked by Digital Isle?) > > > Yes, I think we all came to the same conclusion. From now on, everyone > should ping www.microsoft.com to test connectivity. :) They outsmarted us already in Redmond, sadly. [email protected]:~$ ping -s www.microsoft.com PING www.microsoft.com: 56 data bytes ^C ----www.microsoft.com PING Statistics---- 19 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss There are a few other organizations that fit your criteria, though, methinks... some of whom allow ICMP just fine and provide things that are slightly more vital than microsoft.com :) Vivien -- Vivien M. [email protected] Assistant System Administrator Dynamic DNS Network Services http://www.dyndns.org/
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