+ > Ooops, i meant dynamically enabling/disabling udp checksuming as we do for + + "Dynamic" disabling is made with setsockopt() and strongly + not recommended in any curcumstances. + + Presence of this terrible option in solaris is explained mainly O'o. Why is this a 'terrible' or 'dangerous' option? Checked the net and kernel mail archieves for 'more' on this option, but could not find anything. + + > icmp_echo_ignore... :) + + It is also strongly not recommended, by the way. In any curcumstances. Why so strongly not recommended? In that case, how do we ignore ICMP echo requests? Sharad. - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu