Hi, On Wed, May 05, 2021 at 12:30:01PM +0200, Kurt Kayser wrote:
I understand your point. But there is really no big effort to check if Port 873 is working:
<host>nc -zvw100 rpki.ripe.net 873 Connection to rpki.ripe.net 873 port [tcp/rsync] succeeded!
Let's make a security comparison, if this is really a necessary feature?
So where exactly is the *security* drawback of permitting ICMP echo? But yes, of course, we can all do tcpping instead - which is much more likely to have an adverse effect on the actual service... Gert Doering -- NetMaster -- have you enabled IPv6 on something today...? SpaceNet AG Vorstand: Sebastian v. Bomhard, Michael Emmer Joseph-Dollinger-Bogen 14 Aufsichtsratsvors.: A. Grundner-Culemann D-80807 Muenchen HRB: 136055 (AG Muenchen) Tel: +49 (0)89/32356-444 USt-IdNr.: DE813185279