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Date:      Wed, 17 Dec 1997 23:39:07 +0100
From:      sthaug@nethelp.no
To:        benedict@echonyc.com
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ifconfig reports bogus netmask
Message-ID:  <26766.882398347@verdi.nethelp.no>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 17 Dec 1997 17:05:09 -0500 (EST)"
References:  <Pine.GSO.3.96.971217170415.23340A-100000@echonyc.com>

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> This is only a problem if you want everyone to see your network topology.
> But why would someone need to traceroute you from another AS?

- I traceroute to other ASes every day, and I find it extremely useful
to see for instance where a path stops.

- traceroute is not the only use for ICMP.

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no



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