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ICMP socketsICMP socketsPosted Dec 27, 2010 14:05 UTC (Mon) by Kwi (subscriber, #59584)In reply to: ICMP sockets by brouhaha Parent article: ICMP sockets
The interface permits any ICMP message, but the implementation restricts messages to ICMP ECHO for security reasons.
If, at some point, other ICMP messages are deemed safe for use by non-privileged users, they can be enabled in the implementation, without changing the interface.
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