[clug] Re: Determining availability of a remote machine

[Michael Still]

On Wed, 9 Apr 2003, Robert Edwards wrote:

> On Fri, 4 Apr 2003 06:53 pm, Michael Still wrote:
> ...
> > Note again, that ICMP sits at the IP layer, which is beneath UDP and TCP.

...

> Actually, as a Computer Networks lecturer, I should pedantically step in here
> and point out that ICMP does NOT "sit" at the IP layer and that ICMP is not a
> "lower level protocol" than TCP or UDP.

True[1], I stand tweaked [2].

Cheers,
Mikal

[1]: Despite the lack of footnotes.
[2]: That's what I was trying to say, so I refuse to admit I have been
corrected.

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