[ntp:questions] bitsy.mit.edu retired?
Peter Laws
plaws at ou.edu
Fri Aug 15 13:39:22 UTC 2008
Richard B. Gilbert wrote:
> Can you ping it? It might not be running at all!
Sadly, the inability to ping (or traceroute) to a host is no longer a
reliable indicator of whether or not the host is up or even if it exists.
Tools like nmap will tell you, but who knows what
paranoid-security-theater-homeland-security laws you'll run afoul of if you
scan strangers?
Sad, really, and much less useful than it use to be.
--
Peter Laws / N5UWY
National Weather Center / Network Operations Center
University of Oklahoma Information Technology
plaws at ou.edu
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