Re: ICMP packets

From: Bob Rivers (bobrivers_at_pobox.com)
Date: 10/28/03

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    Matt Smith <matt.smith@uconn.edu> wrote in message

    > Although this topic seems to have headed off in a different direction,
    > the ICMP exception you refer to does not infer that Java can handle ICMP
    > directly. For example, if your code attempts to connect to a TCP port
    > that does not exist on a remote server, the server will return an "ICMP
    > Port Unreachable" message. That is a standard TCP/UDP operation. So
    > Java only handles this type of operational return message.
    >
    > Just wanted to give you the "FYI"
    >
    > -Matt

    Thanks,

    Bob

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