[SunHELP] ping a port

[Will Mc Donald]

As Far As I Know. :)

PS http://www.google.com/search?q=internet+acronyms

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Baldwin" <dbaldwin at networkinsight.com>
To: <sunhelp at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 3:06 PM
Subject: RE: [SunHELP] ping a port


I had read that and came to that conclusion.  But, what on earth does
AFAIK mean? This is the 3rd or 4th time I've seen that.
Dave
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Adam Kropelin [mailto:Adam.Kropelin at netlinkaccess.com] 
Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 7:05 AM
To: 'sunhelp at sunhelp.org'
Subject: RE: [SunHELP] ping a port
 
AFAIK, there is no such thing as a port in ICMP. ICMP packets are
demultiplexed by IP based on the value of the protocol field in the IP
header. The network stack is what responds to a PING (really an ICMP
echo request packet), not any particular application.