ipv6 network fail (newbie alert)

Mikael Abrahamsson swmike at swm.pp.se
Mon Mar 11 08:13:32 CET 2013


On Sat, 9 Mar 2013, Nick Edwards wrote:

> No idea, why, but this seems to have fixed it, thanks Gert! all these 
> years of ipv4, now with ipv6 I feel like i should be like a little kid 
> and re-start kindergarten again :)

I guess this can be perceived as rude, but blocking all ICMP in IPv4 is 
wrong as well. You're just not so alone in doing it.

<http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4890.txt>

It's called "Internet Control Message Protocol", it's not optional. It 
plays a fundamental role in Internet operations.

-- 
Mikael Abrahamsson    email: swmike at swm.pp.se


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