From: rick.jones2@hp.com   
      
   Philip Paeps  wrote:   
   > Why not?  What possible reason can there be to want to drop icmp   
   > echo requests or not to reply to them?   
      
   Those who obscure themselves feel more secure.   
      
   Yet... Hiding one's house behind thick bushes so no-one can see it   
   from the street does not mean you can leave your doors unlocked, and   
   if your doors are properly locked, it matters not whether someone on   
   the street can see your house.   
      
   rick jones   
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   portable adj, code that compiles under more than one compiler   
   these opinions are mine, all mine; HP might not want them anyway... :)   
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