2015-05-09 10:25 GMT-07:00 Lyndon Nerenberg <lyn...@orthanc.ca>: > > > On May 9, 2015, at 7:43 AM, erik quanstrom <quans...@quanstro.net> wrote: > > > easy enough until one encounters devices that don't send icmp > > responses because it's not implemented, or somehow considered > > "secure" that way. > > Oddly enough, I don't see this 'problem' in the real world. And FreeBSD is > far from being alone in the always-set-DF bit. > > The only place this bites is when you run into tiny shops with homegrown > firewalls configured by people who don't understand networking or security. > Me, I consider it a feature that these sites self-select themselves off the > network. I'm certainly no worse off for not being able to talk to them.
Or when your client is on a cell phone. Cell networks are the worst.
