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- p. 85
- The statement in small print is now far more important than it
was when the book was written. More and more sites are installing various
kinds of firewalls, and ping to hosts is less and less useful. If one knows
(or can discover) the route/firewall, ping to intermediate hosts can still
be useful.
James Davenport
2004-03-09