Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S271192AbTGWR5t (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Jul 2003 13:57:49 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S271191AbTGWR5t (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Jul 2003 13:57:49 -0400 Received: from vladimir.pegasys.ws ([64.220.160.58]:49930 "EHLO vladimir.pegasys.ws") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S271192AbTGWR5I (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Jul 2003 13:57:08 -0400 Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 11:12:12 -0700 From: jw schultz To: "'linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org'" Subject: Re: ICMP REQUEST Message-ID: <20030723181212.GB15719@pegasys.ws> Mail-Followup-To: jw schultz , "'linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org'" References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.27i X-Message-Flag: This Outlook installation has been found to be susceptible to misuse. Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 872 Lines: 25 On Wed, Jul 23, 2003 at 12:53:35PM +0530, Hemanshu Kanji Bhadra, Noida wrote: > Hi, All > > i am developing a ping program, through my program I get ECHO_REPLY..but I > dont get ECHO_REQUEST. > > is that the ECHO_REQUEST is handled by kernel.? > > please respond as it is urgent. In most cases ICMP ECHO_REQUEST is handled by the NIC. The kernel doesn't even see it. That is why you can ping a crashed system; the NIC is still configured. -- ________________________________________________________________ J.W. Schultz Pegasystems Technologies email address: jw@pegasys.ws Remember Cernan and Schmitt - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/