How SecurActive & ICMP can help you manage your network!
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March 22, 2010
Content in English, Network Analysis, Network security
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Tags: ICMP, Network unreachable, Port unreachable, Traceroute
ICMP, network administration & security monitoring
What is ICMP?
ICMP stands for Internet Control Message Protocol and is also a common IP transport protocol. It seems pretty explicit, although most people reduce ICMP to ping reply commands, a good way to test whether a host can be reached through a network and how much it takes for a packet to make a round trip through the network…
Obviously ping and trace-route-like tools are very useful for network administrators… but there is much more to say about ICMP and the help it can provide for network administration & diagnosis.
In total, ICMP can … Continue Reading
