AC> Linux and Digital Unix play fine but the average "professional
AC> firewall consultant" doesn't know how to configure firewalls so
AC> they tend to block all ICMP - which is an absolute no-no.
That is assuming the firewall is a packet filter. A firewall based on
(transparent) proxies does not need to forward ICMP at all.
Benny
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