ICMP source quench messages are sent when your host (or a process on your host to be precise) is sending data too fast for the network/remote end to handle. These messages tell your machine to slow down its tranmission to let the remote end cope with the traffic. You shouldn't filter them unless you're flooding someone intentionally... ;p -Ahsan Ali ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ralf G. R. Bergs" <rabe@RWTH-Aachen.DE> To: "linux-net Mailing List" <linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu> Sent: Monday, July 03, 2000 12:31 AM Subject: ICMP: Source quench? > Hi there, > > can you explain me what "source quench" means? ICMPLogD frequently notifies me > that my box received these packets from some peer host. > > Should I filter these packets at my firewall? > > Thanks, > > Ralf > > > -- > Sign the EU petition against SPAM: L I N U X .~. > http://www.politik-digital.de/spam/ The Choice /V\ > of a GNU /( )\ > Generation ^^-^^ > > > - > : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu > - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu
