Re: What are these protocols?

From: \ (dvader@deathstar.mil)
Date: 04/03/02 

From: "\"Crash\" Dummy" <dvader@deathstar.mil>
Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 16:02:09 -0500

>Makes it any sense to
>block all the UDP and ICMP traffic?

No. DNS uses UDP. Also time servers, if you use a time sync utility. If you
don't want to ping anybody, you can block all ICMP, if you want. 

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