Thats what we do
> o An ICMP "Echo Request" of full MTU size is generated and
> sent out with the "Don't Fragment" bit on.
and bounces off every firewall which is correctly configured. A good 50%
or more of major sites block icmp echo, 90% of them get it right. Also it
isnt required for an end host to support frames >576 bytes except by
prior agreement (hence TCP MSS option).
> it. [0,2] Default: Strategy 2
ie nasty hack. Unclean unclean 8)
Alan
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